Liaison Agency
03 June, 1999
Supporters of the PDI (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan) cheer for their leader Megawati Sukarnoputri. The PDI went on to win the parliamentary elections on June 7, in a contest that involved 48 parties. It gained 33 per cent of the votes and 153 seats in the 500-seat parliament. The elections passed peacefully, but violence was to erupt later in the year when parliament failed to elect Megawati as president.
Jan Dago
Jan Dago was born and grew up in Denmark, where a childhood interest in visual expression began. At first, he made short movies, but the power of the still image gripped him more...
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