Open AccessRESISTANCE ON THE SEA BOUNDARIES: SMUGGLING IN THE EASTERN WATERS OF SUMATRA DURING UPHEAVAL TIMES 1946 – 1961
Author(s) -
Mirza Ardi Wibawa
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international review of humanities studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2477-6866
DOI - 10.7454/irhs.v7i1.405
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , resistance (ecology) , politics , government (linguistics) , political science , indonesian government , indonesian , newspaper , the republic , malay , peninsula , malay peninsula , spanish civil war , economy , geography , economic history , political economy , law , ancient history , history , sociology , economics , archaeology , ecology , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , theology , biology
Smuggling through the sea between Sumatra, Singapore, and the Malay Peninsula became a problem for the Indonesian government. This issue has a clash between informal and formal political forces so that claimed status of trade can be label as 'legal' or 'illegal' depending on the capacity and presence of the applicable law. Moreover, smuggling could be considered as a resistance effort during the war and conflict periods. This problem can be seen in upheaval times, such as the independence revolution and regional uprising around the eastern waters of Sumatra. These waters became the gateway for the Republic of Indonesia to penetrate the Dutch blockade and smuggled weapons supplies along with international support. However, when there were rebellions by Darul Islam in Aceh and Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI) in North Sumatra and Central Sumatra, smuggling was also used against the central government in Jakarta. This study uses the historical method, so after collecting historical facts related to smuggling through newspapers, books, and journals, and then interprets them from the perspective of legal anthropology to analyze smuggling during upheaval times as a resistance act to those who oppose politics and economics pressure.KEYWORDS: Smuggler, Sumatra, Revolution of Independence, Regional Uprising.