ABSTRACT
Indonesia has been in a state of continuous economic and political crisis since the fall of former President Suharto's authoritarian government in 1998. The crisis persists as the current government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri struggles to rebuild a country torn apart by decades of corruption, nepotism and state oppression, as well as by interethnic violence, religious conflict and separatism. 1 Under the seemingly chaotic conditions of the last 4 years, social tensions and conflicts have surfaced that, for decades, had been simmering under a lid of political repression and remained hidden behind the veil of a culture of enforced silence.
