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...Nothing but bad news - and much worse to come - for the world's fourth most-populous country. The ineffectual presidency of Megawati Sukarnoputri will wreak ever greater damage as the good will that marked her assumption of office evaporates. Expect the accelerating collapse of the country's finances and civil administration, soaring lawlessness and vigilantism in cities, and chaos and bloodshed in the remoter provinces. Ethnic hatreds and independence movements will push the military into bloody reprisals. Indonesia looks headed for implosion, though in agonizing slow motion...
...repression that kept a dizzying range of religious, cultural and ethnic hatreds in check until then has all but vanished ?with sometimes horrifyingly bloody results. But the story of Sulawesi is different, and what happens there in the coming weeks is critical, not just to the future of President Megawati Sukarnoputri and the country's 210 million people but to Indonesia's neighbors. The ramifications might be felt thousands of miles away in London and New York City. For the villagers' agony was not the result of a random explosion of religious resentment and hatred but part of a carefully...
...More optimistic Indonesians are calling Tom-my's capture a sign of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's commitment to rooting out cronyism and corruption. But it is a devastating comment on the state of the country's judicial system that the arrest of the 39-year-old Suharto scion after a year of mysteriously faulty wiretaps and failed raids on suspected hideouts has been greeted mainly with cynicism in the capital. Says human rights lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis: "So many elements of the old order will be controlling the process...
...Even the dramatic nature of the arrest has raised questions. Although their quarry was unguarded, the police put on a headline-grabbing show. "I pointed my gun at him," says Second Inspector Danang Dwikartiko, who along with the other arresting officers was immediately promoted by Megawati for nabbing Tommy. "I thought he might try to resist. But 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...
...When she took office four months ago, President Megawati vowed that eradicating corruption would be a key aim of her government. Failure to follow through could further hurt the country's credibility with foreign investors, who are essential for economic survival. Given her somnolent record to date, there are fears that Megawati will treat this case the same way Tommy dealt with his arrest: keeping her eyes shut and pretending to be asleep...