Jakarta – Indigenous youth and migrants clashedin Kalimantan on Monday leaving at least one person dead, AP reported.
More than 20 houses were torched in the fighting between migrants from Madura island and local Malays in West Kalimantan province, about 800 kilometer north of Jakarta, said a military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The military officer said the victim was Malay and he had been stabbed to death. He gave no other details. It was unclear whether the fighting in the remote district of Singkawang was continuing.
Last year, the conflict claimed at least 500 migrants, mostly Madurese, on the island. Around 70,000 people fled the island.