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The industry's foot soldiers were no more committed to garment manufacturing than they were to, say, construction work: Most families owned sewing machines simply to earn an income.
After a lynching in Cililitan, East Jakarta, a mob rampaged through a jail after police arrested some of their number. One police officer who did try to act was roughed up. "If we intervene, the mob turns on us too," he says.
Back in 2002, scrutiny was focused on a group of militants who have now receded somewhat. The article I wrote below was controversial at the time. It does not seem so controversial today.
