A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment https://www.insideindonesia.org/component/tags/tag/gangsters 2025-08-31T13:03:51+07:00 Inside Indonesia admin@insideindonesia.org Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2013-10-12T20:05:36+07:00 2013-10-12T20:05:36+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/indonesia-s-new-anarchists Dominic Berger

<h4>Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left</h4>

<h4>Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left</h4> 2013-04-28T07:00:00+07:00 2013-04-28T07:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/review-when-perpetrators-speak Jess Melvin

<h4>Joshua Oppenheimer’s groundbreaking new film raises disturbing questions about why perpetrators of the 1965-66 mass killings still enjoy impunity for their actions</h4>

<h4>Joshua Oppenheimer’s groundbreaking new film raises disturbing questions about why perpetrators of the 1965-66 mass killings still enjoy impunity for their actions</h4> 2013-04-28T04:38:08+07:00 2013-04-28T04:38:08+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/an-interview-with-joshua-oppenheimer Jess Melvin2

<h4>The filmmaker explains that <em>The Act of Killing</em> exposes the imagination of terror</h4>

<h4>The filmmaker explains that <em>The Act of Killing</em> exposes the imagination of terror</h4> 2013-04-20T21:46:02+07:00 2013-04-20T21:46:02+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/review-an-act-of-manipulation Robert Cribb

<h4><span style="font-size: 11px;">Joshua Oppenheimer’s <em>The Act of Killing</em> is a bold, disturbing and ultimately unsatisfactory exploration of the place of violence in modern Indonesia</span></h4>

<h4><span style="font-size: 11px;">Joshua Oppenheimer’s <em>The Act of Killing</em> is a bold, disturbing and ultimately unsatisfactory exploration of the place of violence in modern Indonesia</span></h4> 2012-11-04T07:00:00+07:00 2012-11-04T07:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/the-biggest-cock Ian Wilson

<h4>In Jakarta’s crowded neighbourhoods, beliefs in supernatural power and invulnerability still surround the figure of the jago tough man</h4>

<h4>In Jakarta’s crowded neighbourhoods, beliefs in supernatural power and invulnerability still surround the figure of the jago tough man</h4> 2012-08-19T12:56:51+07:00 2012-08-19T12:56:51+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/for-the-good-of-the-people Lee Wilson and Eryanto Nugroho

<h4>The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy</h4>

<h4>The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy</h4> 2009-04-12T19:30:31+07:00 2009-04-12T19:30:31+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9611/trapped-in-the-legacy-of-the-past James Scambary

<h4>Conflict between Timorese youth gangs and martial arts groups hark back to the Indonesian occupation</h4>

<h4>Conflict between Timorese youth gangs and martial arts groups hark back to the Indonesian occupation</h4> 2008-07-26T21:00:00+07:00 2008-07-26T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9314/crime-and-criminality Ian Wilson

<h6>This edition of Inside Indonesia explores the complex politics of illegality</h6>

<h6>This edition of Inside Indonesia explores the complex politics of illegality</h6> 2008-07-26T21:00:00+07:00 2008-07-26T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9314/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-gangster Ian Wilson

<h6>Ethics and politics don’t mix in the world of Jakarta’s preman</h6>

<h6>Ethics and politics don’t mix in the world of Jakarta’s preman</h6> 2007-09-30T10:31:42+07:00 2007-09-30T10:31:42+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5354/political-gangsters Jesse Randall

<h5>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.</h5>

<h5>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.</h5>