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Villagers are urging Indonesia’s leader to visit the restive Poso region in Central Sulawesi province as a sign of his commitment to resolving security problems there after pro-Islamic State militants killed four farmers in the latest violence there last week.
More than a dozen people representing residents of Lore Bersaudara, a district of Poso regency, submitted an open letter to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday through the local legislative council.
Their letter expressed frustration at the authorities’ failure to root out the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT), a pro-Islamic State militant group which government officials have blamed for two large deadly attacks in a six-month span, but which is said to number less than a dozen fighters.