Hessam Abrishami paintings

Hessam Abrishami paintings
Howard Behrens paintings
But the Madurese are resented for their relative affluence. President Abdurrahman Wahid, on a two-week trip to the Middle East and Africa, said that two battalions of soldiers had been sent to the jungles of Central Kalimantan to search for any Madurese refugees who might be in hiding. Officials plan to evacuate 10,000 Madurese estimated to remain in Sampit, scene of some of the worst slaughter. Thousands of refugees have fled south by ship to the city of Surabaya in Java since the violence began. Most carried just a few possessions and almost all had horrific tales to tell. The massacres have given Wahid's enemies fresh ammunition to attack the Muslim cleric, already under pressure after a parliamentary censure on February 1 over two graft scandals.