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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.
During those early years of Reformasi, I was fortunate to be able to spend some time traveling to Papua - to Jayapura, Tembagapura, Wamena. It was a completely different world, particularly the highlands. The people I met were incredibly welcoming, even those who took to the streets to voice their frustrations.
I love how pieces contributed by stringers are called 'Special'. Below is one such 'special' piece, an article I wrote for the Christian Science Monitor. It is about East Timor, which we now call Timor Leste.