Esther Indayani Yusuf was still shuddering on Sept. 2 as she told of an encounter at her law office on the outskirts of Jakarta. Two days earlier, a truckload of machete-wielding militants calling themselves the Commandos Against Communism showed up and vowed to burn down Yusuf s office and murder her and her staff if they didn't move out. "I have Muslim fundamentalist blood in my veins," said the leader. "It would be no problem to kill you." Two weeks later, Yusuf returned from an overseas trip. She found that her building had been burned down by arsonists.
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