Tapol bulletin no, 143, October 1997

Contents: SBSI Congress broken up -- New labour law widely rejected -- Currency crisis grips the country -- No end to British arms sales -- Cook prevented from meeting Pakpahan -- New police law sanctions excessive police powers -- More trouble at Freeport-Rio Tinto mine -- Mandela takes the initiative -- Abducted East Timorese tells his story -- Aceh still like a war zone -- Human rights briefs -- Environmental calamity in the making -- Book review: Behind the swoosh, ed. Jeff Ballinger & Claes Olsse