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Soldiers Behind the Riotous Protests

Monday, September 8, 2025

Indonesia remained frozen for 28 years. Those in power always branded demonstrations as coup attempts backed by foreign agents.

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IN 1998, pop musicians immortalized the events surrounding Reformasi in songs. Ahmad Dhani, for instance, wrote Ode Buat Extrimist (Ode for Extremists) in the debut album of Ahmad Band, Ideologi Sikap Otak (Ideology of Brain Attitude). In that track, the frontman of Dewa 19 dismissed protests as nothing more than a “parade of idiots.”

Bimo Setiawan Almachzumi saw things differently. The drummer of Slank, better known as Bimbim

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