Flying the flag in Irian Jaya.(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: November 4, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

JAYAPURA

THE separatists in Irian Jaya may be a long way from gaining independence from Indonesia, but they do have a flag, called the Morning Star. Each evening when, in awed silence, it is lowered and put away for the night in Jayapura, the main town, it is saluted by black- clad separatist militiamen who call themselves the Papuan Task Force.

What the separatists are doing, in Jayapura and across the Indonesian half of the island of Papua, is formally illegal. Under Indonesian law, only the national flag, known as the Red and White, can fly over Indonesia's sovereign ...

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