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...seventh detainee is Moroccan and the eighth, Luis José Galán González, is a Spaniard from a wealthy family and a convert to what investigators call a particularly fanatic style of Islam. Last July he went to Indonesia to train with the group Lashkar Jihad, which investigators say is supported by and allied to al-Qaeda. When he was arrested police found pictures of him dressed as a mujahedin with a shotgun in one hand and a pistol in the other. "When we put him in jail, he said he wanted two things: a toothbrush...
Supporters might suggest it was his untroubled conscience that allowed Hutomo Mandala Putra, more familiarly known as Tommy Suharto, to snore through the storming of a rented luxury house by 25 armed police officers. Cynics, on the other hand, might argue that Indonesia's most famous fugitive was taking a mid-afternoon nap in the two-story home in suburban south Jakarta, confident that he faced little chance of serving anything but a nominal jail sentence. Whatever the source of his serenity, the youngest son of former Indonesian President Suharto was discovered Nov. 28 seemingly asleep, lounging...
...when he woke up, he gave himself up without a fight." Perhaps not a surprising reaction from the multimillionaire businessman who received a warm hug from Jakarta's chief of police when he was brought in to police headquarters. "His capture was orchestrated," concludes Neta Pane, co-chairman of Indonesia Police Watch. "I think the police have known all along where he was and were only waiting for the right moment to bring...
...spearhead its aids program; in Geneva. Milla, named the African player of the century by British magazine Africa Soccer, will travel around the continent next year to educate the public about the epidemic. ARRESTED. HUTOMO MANDALA PUTRA, 39, better known as Tommy Suharto; in Jakarta. The youngest son of Indonesia's ex-President, Tommy had been on the run for a year following a corruption conviction...
...least, the most successful mass protest movment since the 1960s might soon be adapted to new aims. On a recent cold night in London, a meeting of Globalise Resistance filled Camden Town Hall nearly to capacity. The ostensible purpose of the meeting was to watch a film about Indonesia's sweatshops. But the talk on the floor was about how activists should respond to the bombings in Afghanistan, which for nearly everyone present was another example of the rich victimizing the poor...