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When terrorists in one country are national heroes in another

Author: Rilek1Corner February 19, 2014 0 Comments

Tensions are running high between Indonesia and Singapore over the former’s decision to name a naval vessel after two convicted members of the Indonesian Marine Corps, who carried out the bombing of the MacDonald House office building in Singapore on…
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1965, bomb, Ganyang, Geneva Conventions, hero, Indonesia, KRI Usman-Harun, MacDonald house, Malaysia, Singapore, terrorists

Bilahari Kausikan: Sensitivity is a two-way street

Author: Rilek1Corner February 13, 2014 0 Comments

INDONESIAN Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has told the Singapore media that “no ill intent was meant, no malice, no unfriendly outlook”, when Indonesia named a new frigate KRI Usman Harun, after two Indonesian marines executed in 1968 for a 1965…
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The days when bombs went off in my kampung

Author: Rilek1Corner February 13, 2014 1 Comment

When a bomb went off one Sunday night in April 1964 at Jalan Rebong in Kampung Ubi, the impact was so large that I could feel it from my home in Geylang Serai a kilometre away. A 50-year-old Malay widow…
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Krisis KRI Usman-Harun 359: Shanmugam membantah, Djoko tetap tegas

Author: Rilek1Corner February 8, 2014 0 Comments

Menteri Koordinator bidang Politik Hukum dan Keamanan (Menko Polhukam) Djoko Suyanto menegaskan, pemerintah Indonesia memiliki tatanan, aturan, prosedur dan kriteria penilaian sendiri untuk menentukan seseorang mendapat kehormatan sebagai pahlawan. “Dan itu tidak boleh ada intervensi dari negara lain,” kata Djoko di Jakarta,…
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1965, bomb, Djoko Suyanto, Harun Said, Indonesia, Indonesian Navy, KRI Usman Harun 359, MacDonald house, Marty Natalegawa, Usman Haji Mohamad Ali