Spectre of a communist revival prompts crackdown and ridicule in Indonesia

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated May 19 2016 - 12:13pm, first published 11:39am
Indonesian crackdown: banner reads 'Reject communist ideology'. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Indonesian crackdown: banner reads 'Reject communist ideology'. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Banner in Yogyakarta reading: "Thrash and wipe out communism from a united Indonesia".
 Photo: Amilia Rosa
Banner in Yogyakarta reading: "Thrash and wipe out communism from a united Indonesia". Photo: Amilia Rosa

Jakarta: You know the paranoia about a communist revival in Indonesia has jumped the shark when the nation's netizens start parodying it on social media.

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