Word: sukarnoputri
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...When the launch finally came on Aug. 15, it was a grand and surprisingly emotional affair. President Megawati Sukarnoputri oversaw the gala ceremony in Jakarta and impulsively stepped aboard to take a closer look. For the Indonesian crew, led by I Gusti Putu Ngurah Sedana, a navy captain from Bali, the expedition is clearly a tremendous source of national pride...
...provoke more atrocities, hoping to embarrass Jakarta into withdrawing its troops. But a continuing conflict also serves the interests of Indonesia's military brass, which sees a chance to regain some of the power it lost with the fall of dictator Suharto five years ago. And President Megawati Sukarnoputri, looking to next year's elections, wants to be seen as tough on separatism. As a senior Western diplomat wearily remarks, all sides want--even need--the conflict to continue. All, that is, but the people of Aceh. --By Andrew Marshall
...Most Indonesians, in any case, support the military campaign that President Megawati Sukarnoputri, in a rare spasm of decisiveness, personally ordered?a campaign that promises to cast her as a bold defender of national unity just in time for next year's presidential elections. "If you listen to the talk shows on the radio (or) talk to people on buses and trains, either in Jakarta or even out in the provinces, the level of vitriol is really shocking," says Sidney Jones of the International Crisis Group in Jakarta. "People are saying that GAM shouldn't just be defeated but totally...
...Just last year, the detention and trial of a fundamentalist leader like Abubakar would have been cause for mass protests and clashes between security forces and Islamic radicals. It was fear of that Muslim backlash that had kept President Megawati Sukarnoputri from arresting Abubakar before the Bali bombings, despite repeated requests from Singaporean and Malaysian authorities. The gruesome toll of those strikes last October, as well as nifty police work that has netted 47 suspected terrorists, appears to have convinced most Indonesians to shun radical Islam...
...appeal since we know the justice system does not serve people here." IGNATIUS MAHENDRA KUSUMA WARDANA, Jakarta student, on the three-year prison sentence she got for burning President Megawati Sukarnoputri's picture...