MEULABOH (Aceh): At 10am, the Indonesian military (TNI) entered Blang Tengah, a village about 40km from here, and ordered the villagers to evacuate their houses and seek refuge in a safe place.
“A TNI commander told the kepala desa (village head) that the military will be conducting its operation in the vicinity of our village,” said Hashim Nyajlam, a 34-year-old padi and peanut farmer from Blang Tengah, of the May 27 incident.
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