GT wiki update on: Indonesia - “Decentralisation began with high hopes in 1999 to reverse the extreme centralisation of the Suharto years. The dictator had tried to rule Indonesia’s millions of people (now 237m) and its 17,000 islands with an iron fist from Jakarta. This provoked resentment and insurrection in resource-rich provinces such as Aceh, which saw their wealth plundered by a corrupt elite. There was even talk of secession in East Kalimantan, with its abundance of coal, gold, oil and gas. After Suharto was toppled in 1998, the central government” ….

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