Human rights activist Munir Said Thalib was murdered. Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, former Garuda pilot, has been convicted for the murder. But, as the JP reported today, the man who allegedly instructed the murderer, was cleared by the court’s president, Judge Suharto (sic). But then, what else could have been expected since this was Muchdi Purwoprandjono, [...]
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It’s in the papers here, there and everywhere: the Bali bombers will be executed at long last by a firing squad next month. That is five years after their death sentence. In the meantime they have become real media celebrities in the region. Almost pop stars. I don’t doubt this is the correct outcome of fair [...] The saying goes ‘tell me what you read and I’ll tell who you are’. And vice versa of course. Some German philosopher even went as far as saying that you are what you eat. To me it seems to imply that your real identity can be known by what you relate to. Like everywhere else in the world Jakarta also has several realities. One is caused by the ever widening gap between the poor and the rich. And the way the common man has to cope. By this account (in Dutch) the growing new middleclass gladly pays € 2.10 for the popular iced latte. [...] Though I’m in a gloomy mood, I hereby declare I love mankind. But, lets be honest about it, the world would probably have been a better place without the human species. I love believers. They are my fellow men and women after all. But don’t you think the lot of them wouldn’t be so fucked up, [...] |
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