Driven Out of Sampit, Suffering in Madura
Tuesday, March 13, 2001
The evacuation of Sampit residents to Madura presents new problems. The refugees become the burden of the local government, and the local people.
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SHEDDING tears, the ten-year-old boy says softly, "Dayak... Dayak... Dayak." He is chubby with dark skin, and his face shows great fear. The boy, Ihsan, survived a massacre of the Madurese in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, late last February.
Beyond the folds of his bulky chin, there is still a distinct 15cm wound with black stitches protruding from it, his throat having been slit. His hands are no longer intact: both little fingers were cut off at h
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