‘Little Kings’ Thwart Indonesia's Democracy
Regional autonomy sounded like good idea at the time
By: Ainur Rohmah
In January, Indonesian graftbusters swooped down on the luxurious home of Terbit Rencana Perangin-angin, the regional head of the Langkat Regency in North Sumatra 2,000 km northeast of Jakarta, to discover iron-barred cages (above) in which 48 people were being held including alleged drug addicts, teenage delinquents and people working o…
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