Exclusive: Indonesia opposition leader cries out hours before arrest

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Exclusive: Indonesia opposition leader cries out hours before arrest

JAKARTA – “Sukarno [Indonesia’s first president and anti-colonial revolutionary] struggled for 30 years. I can spend one or two years in jail,” said Hasto Kristiyanto, secretary general of the Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P), the country’s largest political party, in an exclusive interview with Asia Times. Just five days later, Hasto’s resolve was put to the […] The post Exclusive: Indonesia opposition leader cries out hours before a…