Going Bush with Ex-Rebels in Aceh

Broadcast on FSRN (US).

In Indonesia, the former leaders of Aceh’s separatist movement, GAM, are celebrating. The legitimate political party set up by former GAM rebels, Partai Aceh, has secured at least 30 of the 69 provincial parliament seats. The win represents something of a moral victory for the ex GAM leaders, who spent decades fighting the Indonesian military.

Belinda Lopez followed some ex-militants who took her to their former jungle hideouts.