‘Untouchables’
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
IN the middle of Wednesday last week, the efficacy of the state was tested and found wanting on Jalan Ampera Raya, South Jakarta. Two warring groups tried to resolve their differences on the street, taking the law into their own hands and triggering a horrifying incident.
What became apparent was not just how people of this nation find it so easy to resort to violence to solve simple problems. Usually such bloody fights start with a trivial prob
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