Word: indonesian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Indonesian army officers have treated East Timor its personal fiefdom over 25 years, and they're not about to let go quietly. Although polling day was peaceful for the most part in Monday's U.N. referendum on independence for territory occupied by Indonesia since 1975, a pro-indepence result could see an escalation in the political violence that claimed dozens of lives in the run-up to the vote. "Anti-independence militias armed and supported by members of the Indonesian military have been simply going out and killing people," says TIME correspondent Massimo Calabresi. The militiamen have warned that...
...much as one third of the population is estimated to have been killed in the Indonesian army?s campaign to forcibly integrate East Timor. International pressure has forced Indonesia to agree to allow the referendum and to abide by its results, but members of the military began organizing the anti-independence militia to intimidate voters soon after the poll was announced. "It?s impossible to tell whether the Indonesian government is being disingenuous with the West about its intentions or whether they?re simply unable to control the military in East Timor," says Calabresi. "But violence is expected to intensify...
Last week huge purplish black jellyfish, Chrysaora achlyos, not spotted since 1989, appeared near San Diego. Rarer still, Javan rhinoceroses were photographed this spring. They have been feared extinct since shortly after the Vietnam War. And in 1997 and '98, at least two coelacanths, rare fish, were caught by Indonesian fishermen. Prior to 1938, the fish was believed to have been extinct for more than 25 million years...
...Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian Presidential Candidate Inheritor, White Knight, Healer...
...your story on the billions of dollars in wealth amassed by the Suharto family [WORLD, May 31] had been published early last year, while Suharto was still in power, it would have been very helpful to the Indonesian people--although the profits made by the West from his regime might have been reduced. Instead, your coverage now serves as a signal to those few corrupt regimes still in power to hold on at any cost--definitely at their people's. KYAW KYAW Butterworth, Malaysia...