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...told I was wrong." KWIK KIAN GIE, after meeting with fellow PDIP member President Megawati Sukarnoputri
...Nevertheless Washington has made it clear in recent weeks that it is determined to get to the truth. In December, George W. Bush sent a personal envoy to Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to underline the importance he attached to finding the culprits in the Papua killings. With Megawati's consent, four FBI agents were dispatched to Indonesia, arriving in Jakarta on Jan. 23 and traveling to Papua earlier this month to begin an inquiry into the attack. The FBI has conducted two previous probes into the matter but lacked the authority until now to complete a thorough investigation...
...When I look at my pictures?and I actually look pretty there?and see people stomping on them, I feel like ... a volcano about to explode." Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian President, reacting to demonstrators in Jakarta...
...Indonesian officials to acknowledge a link? Because the Bali bombings remain controversial. J.I.'s suspected spiritual leader, the influential cleric Abubakar Ba'asyir, has been detained since October. But speculation in Jakarta continues that he is being protected by hard-line Islamic sympathizers at the top levels of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's government. General I Made Mangku Pastika, the officer in charge of the Bali investigation, says he is convinced that Ba'asyir was a "teacher and inspiration" to the bombers. Pastika says Ba'asyir, who has not been connected to the Bali bombings, will go on trial for immigration...
...Wary of a warning from the military to stay in line, the protesters have said they won't try to topple the government. Still, Megawati knows that Suharto's downfall began under similarly volatile circumstances in 1998?Xand that elections are only 18 months away. Perhaps she needs to read her husband's book...