A Tale of Powerless Referees

It was before noon when around 1,000 people attacked the Joint Security Committee (JSC) office in Langsa, East Aceh Sunday two weeks ago. They cheered as they ransacked and torched the place. A couple of hours later, the building was in ruins. They came in dozens of trucks, said Muhammad Daan, a Langsa resident who witnessed the incident.

The mob attack against JSC was suspected not to be a local protest but a managed event. The JSC was formed t

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