"Arok Dedes" Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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What's the difference Arok movement in about 1215 and the movement of september 1965? Arok is known as a villain who ransacked their belongings merchants and rich people who were crossing Tumapel regional forest. He did the robbery with two goals, one against the authority as a ruler Tunggul Ametung Tumapel, the high tax burden to its people because Tumapel have to pay taxes to Kediri. Of course Tunggul Ametung hated people. Arok second objective is to build its own armed forces to fight with the strength Tumapel and Kediri.
Tumapel gets a small number of very highly paid tribute to the ruler of the kingdom of Kediri.
Akuwu Tunggul Ametung very furious with the disruption of security in the territory of the adverse financial Tumapel country and resulted in delays payment of tribute for Kediri. To get revenge on the robbers who disadvantageous, Tunggul Ametung illegally attacked monasteries Shiva in order to collect gold to meet tribute to Kediri. Ritual tools made of gold Arok was later returned to the monastery in question.
Gold mine Akuwu Tumapel in the Konto River, Ngantang region, the result is actually quite large, but most of the gold mine corrupted by his own manager. Overall results of this large amount of gold will fall well into the hands by Arok after the death of Tunggul Ametung who died in the palace itself.
750 years later 30 September 1965 coup Soekarno or Bung Karno gradually to foreign interests who want to invest at the same time eliminating the communists who considered anti-capital. Indonesian Communist strength in the 60's really rattle the Western capitalist bloc
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