Edition 93: Jul-Sep 2008 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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Crime and criminality

This edition of Inside Indonesia explores the complex politics of illegality

A sibling rivalry

Since their institutional separation, the relationship between the police and the military has been troubled

The rise and fall of a gangster

Ethics and politics don’t mix in the world of Jakarta’s preman

An unholy alliance

Political thugs and political Islam work together in Banten

Marginal and tattooed

A group of Jakarta punks challenges the criminal stigma attached to tattoos

Prison cum hostel?

A political economy of drugs thrives inside one of Indonesia’s most notorious prisons

Inside Yudhoyono's anti-corruption machine

Despite attempts to re-engineer Indonesia’s governance mechanisms, corruption remains a chronic problem

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