Word: silalahi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...secession--and so, the theory goes, they wanted to make an example of East Timor. Others argued that regional commanders intended to defy Jakarta and reduce East Timor to a state of anarchy to cancel out entirely the result of the referendum. "The military feels insulted," says Harry Tjan Silalahi, a think-tank director in Jakarta. "Some may want to restore order, but those in the field have a much different purpose." In all likelihood, each of these explanations added a sliver of sick truth to East Timor's fate...
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