Behind ethnic war, Indonesia's old migration policy: With most Madurese driven out of Central Kalimantan, fighting slowed yesterday.(World)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: March 1, 2001 | Copyright information

Over the past 10 days, a campaign of ethnic cleansing has been pursued in an often overlooked corner of Indonesian Borneo, where more than 400 people have been killed.

Yesterday, as the initial wave of violence in Central Kalimantan province appeared to be losing steam, panicked refugees continued to pour out of the area. Ethnic Dayak leaders have promised to kill any Madurese who return.

The violence has been portrayed as a revival of ritual headhunting by Dayaks, but diplomats and analysts in Indonesia say it has more to do with the compounded errors of the past ...

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