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We became a generation taught to be scared of the shadows on the ground thrown by rustling leaves, instead of being directed to take a long hard look at the tree itself, and more importantly from which direction the gust of wind rustling it came from.
Here we go again, it’s the time of the year when the ghost of the past returns to haunt us. And this nightmare is far from over — its central scene being the murder of six generals and a captain in an attempted coup blamed on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) on Sept. 30, 1965.
Those who attacked the office of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) in Central Jakarta in the wee hours of Monday morning believed the event inside the building was associated with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), even though the police and military representatives explained that it was only an art performance.
