Photo A: Rendra

Photo A: Rendra

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POET'S OPPOSITION: Famous poet WS Rendra expressively gestures to an audience of around 300 people at the Jakarta Arts Center, Central Jakarta. Rendra read two poems Tuesday evening during his presentation organized by the Indonesian Anti-Nuclear Society (MANI) on the commemoration of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion. The poet also used the forum titled Between Chernobyl and Muria to express opposition against the controversial government plan to establish a Rp 2.4 trillion (US$1.17 billion) nuclear plant in the Muria Peninsula, Central Java.