It seems to be losing control of the army, which recently admitted that some of its men might have been involved in the murder of Theys Eluay, a politician from West Papua, another restive province.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia: Trading on her father's image | The

More than 100 people are now known to have died in flooding in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua.

BBC: Floods and landslides in Indonesia kill more than 100

Apparently acting on orders from the authorities in Jakarta, which this summer refused to allow the province to be renamed West Papua, the police forcibly took down some flags, shooting two people dead in the process.

ECONOMIST: No flags for Papua

Pro-independence supporters in the province which the separatists call West Papua are determined to assert their identity.

ECONOMIST: No flags for Papua

The richest of these, East Kalimantan, receives ten times more money per inhabitant than the poorest province, Banten, while the richest district (Fakfak, in West Papua) takes in 50 times more per person than the poorest (Belu in East Nusa Tenggarah).

ECONOMIST: Devolution isn't working as planned