Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri visited Sampit and Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan, after hundreds of people were slain, victims of barbaric ethnic clashes. Why does the government reject the idea of declaring a civil emergency in the riot-ravaged region? Are ethnic sentiments the only factor behind the fatal conflicts between indigenous Dayaks and settlers from Madura?

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Gus Dur , Megawati Soekarnoputri , Sampit conflict ,