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A Loud Message for Parliament.(Brief Article)

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| February 19, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

East Java is a land of mysticism, Islam and violence. It is also the home of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, a Muslim cleric who enjoys near cultlike status. So it was no surprise when, after Parliament voted to censure Wahid for alleged corruption, the president's supporters took to the streets to express their displeasure.

The protesters stayed busy. Last Monday they attacked at least 10 offices of ex-dictator Suharto's Golkar Party in East Java, smashing windows and ransacking the interior. The next day they stormed a port in the town of Ketapang, forcing officials to halt ferry service to the nearby island of Bali. On Wednesday tens of thousands of people helped raze a two-story Golkar office in Surabaya, East Java's capital. They burned effigies of Wahid's ...

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