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...glove treatment Abubakar is receiving, along with an apparent reluctance to pursue other possible suspects such as Abubakar deputy Hambali Nurjaman, can probably be explained by Indonesia's complicated and unstable politics. First, Indonesia has enough turmoil to deal with, from separatist movements to communal massacres. President Megawati Sukarnoputri rules atop an unwieldy coalition of interests, and the last thing she wants to be known for is a reckless crackdown on Islamic groups. "Megawati's government is afraid of arousing Muslim sentiment if anyone is taken in without enough proof," says Hamid Basyaib, a researcher at the Akasara Foundation think...
...values, and to not compromise we must insist on the position of the April 26 editorial." The April 26 editorial was one of the focal points of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement, for it demonstrated how the CCP had from the beginning perceived the students' protests as a "turmoil" that threatened its power...
...behind a screen. The fate of President Abdurrahman Wahid appeared to be sealed Thursday when parliament overwhelmingly voted to censure him for involvement in two corruption scandals, opening the way for impeachment proceedings. That left the world's fourth most populous nation poised for a new round of political turmoil, with supporters of rival parties clashing on the streets, the military speaking openly about taking charge if the politicians can't restore order, and the political, military and business elites locking into a fresh round of backroom intrigue...
...Wahid had nonetheless served as a dressing on the open wounds of Indonesian politics, and discarding him may plunge the country into an even deeper round of turmoil than the one that dispatched Suharto in 1998. The forces that had sided with Wahid to keep out Megawati are unlikely to be willing to see her succeed the ailing president, and yet her supporters have always believed that by accepting the veep job she was simply biding her time to assume the reins. The military may have its own agendas, particularly in light of the mounting separatist violence in the outlying...