Long-Discredited Fear of Communism Reappears in Indonesian Criminal Code

But mysteries remain of 1960s violence

Even though communist ideology is long obsolete in Indonesia, there appear some who are still afraid it will revive. That fear is embodied in the provisions in the controversial Criminal Code (KUHP) recently passed by the House of Representatives. It is closely connected to some of the darkest events of Indonesian history, when as many as half a million…