Police kill Dyak in riot after President's visit

From: The Independent - London | Date: March 9, 2001| Author: Kathy Marks | Copyright information

ONE PERSON died and at least five other indigenous Dyaks were wounded yesterday when police fired into a crowd of protesters shortly after a visit by President Abdurrahman Wahid to Indonesian Borneo.

Mr Wahid, who was severely criticised for failing to cut short a two- week overseas trip during ethnic violence last month that left nearly 500 Madurese settlers dead in the province of Central Kalimantan, travelled to the area within hours of returning to Indonesia.

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