Word: indonesianness
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...ceiling fan whirring overhead, he appears to have given more consideration to choosing his outfit?combat fatigues smartly pressed, a red and white scarf tied fastidiously around his neck?than to saving his own skin. Guterres is a central figure in the first ever human-rights trials held on Indonesian soil, a highly public attempt to account and atone for the carnage that occurred in East Timor in 1999 when the Indonesian military, in conjunction with local militias, viciously turned on supporters of East Timor's pro-independence movement. But Guterres, the leader of one of the most brutal...
...International pressure forced Indonesia to hold the trials, but Jakarta, insisting the tribunals be under Indonesian jurisdiction, appointed local judges and prosecutors. Ostensibly intended to deliver justice to victims who were murdered or wounded while simply trying to vote in East Timor's independence referendum, the trials have come to symbolize Indonesia's struggle to rein in the military's influence on virtually every aspect of life in this sprawling archipelago...
...Aceh, in northwestern Sumatra, also claimed the lives of three civilians in a grenade blast, as well as three more rebels. Indonesia's Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the province to decide whether to impose harsher measures to end the 26-year insurgency. A U.S. official in the Indonesian capital Jakarta warned that the spiraling violence in Aceh could harm attempts to restore full military ties between the two nations. PAPUA NEW GUINEA Chaotic Two men were shot and then hacked to pieces in continuing violence surrounding the country's elections. Rival tribes went on a rampage...
...Taufik admits in an interview with TIME to "sometimes helping as a mediator," but he flatly denies making any money from the deals he arranges. He does acknowledge, however, that it's hard for Indonesians to believe that no commissions are involved, not least because they have witnessed a history of spousal abuse: Suharto's late wife, Tien, was widely known as Madame Tien Percent. "Everyone was afraid of her when she was at home," says Taufik, "let alone when she went out." But while Suharto's family members squeezed the government for contracts and concessions, Taufik is not interested...
...TIME: Many members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) assert that you are its de facto chairman. Taufik: They're wrong. Who-ever thinks that does not really understand the party. After July 27, 1996, our house in (south Jakarta) became the headquarters of PDIP for two years. A lot of what the party is about was born then. Saying I'm de facto chairman is going too far. I'm a senior member...