Southeast Asian Affairs, January 1st, 2002
A major change for Aceh occurred with the passing of the law of Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam (NAD) by the Parliament on 19 July giving special autonomy to the province. The law aimed to appease the Acehnese. The province had been wracked by a secessionist movement launched by the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM, or Free Aceh Movement) and ruthless military counter-action carried out by the TNI during the 1980s and 1990s, known as the DOM (Daerah Operasi Militer, or Military Operation Zone) era. The new law would, face=+Italic; inter aliaface=-Italic; , grant the local government 70 per cent of the reve...
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