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Chaos at Crocodile Hole (The Guardian, 23 Mei 1998)
Chaos at Crocodile Hole (The Guardian, 23 May 1998)
The Guardian, 23 May 1998, p.24, Martin Woollacott, 'Chaos at Crocodile Hole': comment on Suharto's fall, arguing it is no triumph and that his legacy of division (military vs Islamists, rich vs poor, ethnic and religious tensions) leaves the country fragile. It opens with the Crocodile Hole (Lubang Buaya) shrine, whose reliefs show the generals' murder but not the later massacres of communists. Gerwani is not named; OCR is column-scrambled.
The Guardian, 23 Mei 1998, hlm. 24, Martin Woollacott, 'Chaos at Crocodile Hole': komentar tentang jatuhnya Suharto yang menurutnya bukan kemenangan, dengan warisan perpecahan (militer vs Islamis, kaya vs miskin, ketegangan etnis dan agama). Dibuka dengan monumen Lubang Buaya yang reliefnya menunjukkan pembunuhan para jenderal tetapi bukan pembantaian komunis sesudahnya. Gerwani tidak disebut; OCR kolom teracak.
“The reliefs do not show the later massacres of several hundred thousand followers of the communists, many of them killed by young Muslim activists. (p.24)”
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