Everybody now realised clearly that Indonesia was subject to terrorism and terrorist attacks and so there was a much greater degree of unity in the government in addressing the issue. Alexander Downer, 16th October 2002
I met Paul Wolfowitz. I went to the White House. To the West Wing. I spoke to Colin Powell in his office. I went to the Pentagon. I met the director of the CIA, the director of the FBI. I met them all! ... We got fifty million all up. Sure. Indonesian chief rozzer
I felt sorry for you. Dumped in your first posting without contacts. Adrift. Hoping to bluff your way through. The Year of Living Dangerously 1983 starring Mel Gibson & Sigourney Weaver & Bill Kerr & Michael Murphy & Linda Hunt & Noel Ferrier & Bembol Roco & Paul Sonkkila & Ali Nur & Dominador Robridillo & Joel Agona & Mike Emperio & Bermardo Nacilla et al, director Peter Weir, little guy
What then must we do? ibid.
I created you. ibid. little guy to Gibson
Sukarno Feed Your People. ibid. Billy’s protest banner
Josh travels to the jungles of Indonesia where locals claim a menacing ape-man is on the loose. Destination Truth s2e8, Skyfy 2008
The Orang Pendek, Indonesian for short man, is reportedly a three-foot-tall wild primate that has allegedly been indulging the locals’ watchful eyes for over a hundred years. ibid.
Josh investigates reports of an ancient haunted cave deep in the forest of Indonesia. Destination Truth s2e9
When word got out we were interested in the genocide, the army would no longer let the survivors participate in the movie. And so they suggested we film with the perpetrators. The Act of Killing, director’s introduction, Sky Atlantic 2016
In 1965 the Indonesian government was overthrown by the military. Anybody opposed to the military dictatorship could be accused of being a communist: union members, landless farmers, intellectuals and the ethnic Chinese. In less than a year and with the direct aid of western governments, over one million ‘communists’ were murdered. ibid. caption
‘At first, we beat them to death, but there was too much blood.’ ibid. executioner
‘Communism will never be accepted here, because we have so many gangsters, and that’s a good thing.’ ibid. governor of province
Pancasila Youth is one of Indonesia’s biggest paramilitary organizations. Pancasila Youth played a leading role in the 1965-1966 killings. ibid. caption
‘We have too much democracy. It’s chaos. What is this ‘democracy’? Things were better under the military dictatorship. Better economy. More security.’ ibid. leader of Pancasila Youth
‘There were people like me everywhere in the world.’ ibid. gangster
‘But when I’m falling asleep it comes back to me.’ ibid.
‘I’m absolutely aware we were cruel.’ ibid.
‘And that is the source of all my nightmares: I’m always gazed at by those eyes that I didn’t close.’ ibid.
‘But I can feel it, Josh. Really, I feel it. Or have I sinned? I did this to so many people, Josh. [cries] Is it all coming back to me?’ ibid.
Britain is continuing to export in excess of half a billion pounds’ worth of arms to Indonesia. Great Britain: putting the arms into Armageddon. Spitting Image s10e2, ITV 1991
The Unexplained: These are the great mysteries of our age. Indonesia has one of the worst human rights records. The current regime is guilty of unfair trials, widespread torture and the death of over half a million East Timorese. A party of Conservative MPs recently visited Indonesia and returned heaping praise on the Suharto regime. The government has now doubled its yearly pledge in loans and grants to Indonesia to £81 million … Spitting Image s17e5
As deforestation continues to shrink the Orang-Pandek’s habitat, could we be edging closer to this humanoid creature? Recently in Indonesia explorers have found 20 more possible prints of the Orang-Panek. The Unexplained Files s2e12: Aliens, Monsters & Demons, Science 2014
The awesome power of nature, of the Earth itself … Our destiny has been shaped by the planet we live on. Indonesia 70,000 years ago: Mount Toba, a volcano on the island of Sumatra, erupts. It’s the biggest eruption in 2,000,000 years. Trillions of tons of ash are blown into the stratosphere, blocking out the sun, turning the world cold and barren. Secret History of Humans IV: Violent Planet, History 2020
The Indonesian government has played a strategy of not allowing people to go into East Timor ... There is a fear. The eyes say it all. You don’t have to talk to the people of East Timor. Even the little children show the fear in their eyes, in their face, they never smile. There is not one family that has not lost a member of their family. Inis Almeida, Timorese exile