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Jokowi attends screening of controversial movie in Bogor
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, together with hundreds of Bogor residents and military personnel, attended a public screening of the movie Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (Treachery of G30S/PKI) at the Bogor Suryakencana military command post (Korem) on Friday night.
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Movie night: President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is seen among military personnel and residents during a public screening of the controversial movie ‘Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI’ (Treachery of G30S/PKI) at the Bogor Suryakencana military command post (Korem) on Friday night.
(JP/ courtesy of/Presidential palace)
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, together with hundreds of Bogor residents and military personnel, attended a public screening of the movie Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (Treachery of G30S/PKI) at the Bogor Suryakencana military command post (Korem) on Friday night.
Jokowi was accompanied by Bogor Suryakencana military commander (Danrem) Col. Mirza Agus and Bogor Police chief Sr. Comr. Ulung Sampurna Jaya.
“Together with the President, we will watch the full version of the movie; it takes around four hours,” Mirza told the media, as quoted by kompas.com.
Tension over the issue began to escalate already weeks before the commemoration of the Sept. 30, 1965 tragedy.
On Sept. 17, hundreds of anticommunist protesters besieged the office of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI), demanding that it dismiss a gathering inside the office, which they accused was held by supporters of the now defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).
Recently, Jokowi called on moviemakers to create a remake of the movie to teach millennials about the 1965 communist purge. (hol)
