Decades of military brutality have left two provinces, Aceh and Irian Jaya, clamouring for independence.
It picked up dramatically after his marriage to the top actress at the time Jaya Bhaduri.
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Local independence wars are also being waged in Aceh, in north Sumatra, and in Irian Jaya.
IR You dismiss Irian Jaya as merely one of a number of independence wars currently being waged.
As in the Congo, the people of Irian Jaya have no political influence outside their country.
But the agreement so far only involves one of several OPM groups fighting against Indonesian rule in Irian Jaya.
The winners will also have to deal with other separatists' demands in provinces such as Aceh and Irian Jaya.
Mr Anwar called on his supporters to gather at Kelana Jaya Stadium at 20:30 local time (12:30 GMT) on Wednesday.
At the time, the military leadership warned that it would not tolerate open displays of anti-Indonesian feeling in Irian Jaya.
Even for hardened policemen, the scene at a house in Kuala Lumpur's ritzy Kelana Jaya suburb came as a shock.
There has been a marked increase in separatist activity in Irian Jaya since the change in government in Jakarta in May.
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The army is not, but it is hated in many places, especially in the separatist-minded provinces of Aceh and Irian Jaya.
Elsewhere, notably in Aceh at one tip of the straggling archipelago, and in Irian Jaya at the other, secessionist sentiment remains strong.
Certainly things don't look good in West Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya, and home to extensive deposits of gold and other minerals).
Compounding the problem, tens of thousands of civil servants will next year start moving to a new administrative capital, Putra Jaya, 20km away.
Separatist sentiments are strong in Aceh, where six more people were shot dead last week, as well as in East Timor and Irian Jaya.
The army's domestic critics are not just concerned about its thuggery in East Timor, but also in other separatist provinces, such as Irian Jaya.
Serious trouble has already scarred the provinces of Maluku and Aceh, and more could be brewing in Sulawesi and Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya).
After East Timor won its freedom last year, the desire for independence grew in provinces such as Aceh and Irian Jaya (recently renamed West Papua).
With the eyes of the world on Irian Jaya, there's at least a reasonable prospect that Jakarta is in a mood to listen to grievances.
He might even re-explore the idea of a Melanesian federation including West Papua, Papua New Guinea and Bougainville, ethnically a much healthier destiny than Irian Jaya.
Most worrying of all, Miss Megawati is likely to take a harder line towards separatists in Aceh and Irian Jaya, making any lasting solution even harder to achieve.
This is aimed at cutting off what little international support there might be for separatist rebels in the Indonesian provinces of Aceh and West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya).
Irian Jaya is Indonesia's largest, richest and least integrated province.
Jaya Partiban, a senator from the Malaysian Indian Congress, the biggest Indian political party, says that the sheltered life of the plantations imbued Indians with a culture of dependence.
With the increased cost of living, what's left just isn't enough to send Ahri to school and to feed him and his two brothers, 3-year-old Mohammed and 7-month-old Eka Jaya.
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One bot, for example, would spit out a word it had created for the center of the maze ("jaya"), sending both of them off on a "race" to find that spot.
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They are banking on a big enough change at the centre that they can talk not only the East Timorese around, but also separatist groups in other provinces, such as Aceh and Irian Jaya.
Results from the "fraying edges" - the restive regions of Aceh, East Timor, Irian Jaya and Maluku - have been slow to come in as well, and official tallies from those areas are still unavailable.
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