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...reporters are not the only ones who have been intimidated. Fearful of reprisals from men in uniform, morgue workers in Aceh now write "loss of blood" as the cause of death on corpses delivered with execution-style head wounds. Meanwhile, in Jakarta, the office of leading human-rights activist Munir, one of the lone voices against the campaign, was trashed by Pemuda Panca Marga, a military-backed youth group that most people associated with the Suharto regime and assumed had died with...
...powerful generals. The military has found itself beleaguered and under suspicion ever since the fall of longtime dictator Suharto in 1998, something the current top brass is determined to change. "The military sees Aceh as a chance to regain its legitimacy and influence," says leading human-rights activist Munir. "Aceh is a way to demonstrate that they are the only force that can hold the country together. And it is a win-win situation for them: if they win and crush GAM, they are heroes. If they fail to solve the Aceh problem within six months or a year, they...
...past six months there has been no progress on the human-rights front," says Munir, head of the Commission on Missing Persons and Victims of Violence. "With respect to the military the situation has actually gone in reverse." He cites the establishment of military commands in the country's new provinces and a recently passed defense bill that allows the military to dispatch troops without presidential consent as signs of growing military influence. Some see this as Megawati's way of repaying favors to the generals who enabled her smooth transition to power after they grew fed up with...
...turnover-filled first half ended on a last-second jump shot by Munir that put Stony Brook...
More importantly, Munir was held in check until the closing seconds by captain Drew Gellert, and junior guard Pat Harvey chipped in 12 second-half points...