https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:06:58 +0700 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb admin@insideindonesia.org (Inside Indonesia) https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/political-gangsters https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/political-gangsters The riot that engulfed Jakarta on 27 July 1996 started after army-backed gangsters invaded Megawati's PDI headquarters. JESSE RANDALL traces the strange relationship between government and criminality. ]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Jesse Randall) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:32:11 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/not-your-local-member https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/not-your-local-member When this teacher tries to explain the electoral system, he ends up in knots. SUGENG PERMANA listens in.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Sugeng Permana) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:28:36 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/godly-men-in-green https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/godly-men-in-green Abri officers are becoming more Islamic, but many do not want their Islam to become a political tool for the administration, according to MARCUS MIETZNER.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Marcus Mietzner) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:28:01 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/kings-or-kingmakers https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/kings-or-kingmakers Senior ABRI intentions may be obscure now, says BOB LOWRY, but no one should assume they will remain that way. ]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (BOB LOWRY) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:27:23 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/watch-these-five https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/watch-these-five DAMIEN KINGSBURY puts his money on five military winners in the presidential stakes. Indonesians call them the five Pendawa. ]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (DAMIEN KINGSBURY) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:26:02 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/in-the-line-of-fire https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/in-the-line-of-fire Facing a sceptical public, Abri has to talk harder to justify its political role. JUN HONNA listens in.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Jun Honna) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:21:09 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/expelled-from-my-home-by-thugs https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/expelled-from-my-home-by-thugs HERTJE SURIPATTY tells how developers used soldiers and thugs to try to force her out.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Hertje Suripatty) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:19:09 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/indonesian-spying-on-east-timorese-exiles https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/indonesian-spying-on-east-timorese-exiles PETER CRONAU and MATTHEW BROWN find that Cold War methods live on in Indonesian consulates around Australia.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Peter Cronau & Matthew Brown) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:31:56 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/more-educated-more-ruthless https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/more-educated-more-ruthless DAVID BOURCHIER looks at the new generation of military leaders, after a big shakeup between July and October 1997. ]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (David Bourchier) Edition 53: Jan-Mar 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:37:44 +0700