Contents: Brute force against demonstrators -- Suharto: back to basics? -- British aid leaps ahead -- Victory for Kedung Ombo peasants -- Islanders against a golf course -- Workers against the military -- Medan workers on trial -- Conditional release for the 3Bs -- Batak church activist killed -- Suharto, the regional bully -- Belo: western governments are lying -- East Timor briefs -- Murdered newsman's sister speaks at UN -- US Senate bans light arms sales -- Book review: Gunn on the media