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Sulawesi Separatist Movement (Indonesia)

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[Sulawesi - Independists]
by Santiago Dotor

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Reports of an Independentist Flag

I saw a report on BBC World News about demonstrators in Sulawesi protesting before the island/provincial governor's office building, asking for autonomy for Sulawesi. Several of them were flying light orange flags, with a white circle on the middle containing an orange map of Sulawesi. The circle was 2/3 of the hoist in diameter, and the flag had a 1:2 ratio. There were several flags to be seen clearly, and they did not appear to be home made.
Santiago Dotor, 12 November 1999

[Sulawesi - Independists]
by António Martins

A possible rendition of the flag of the Sulawesi separatist movement as reported by David Fowler quoting from Agence France Presse. Assumed ratio: 2:3; assumed map color: white.
António Martins, 23 October 1999

Permesta

 I don't know what the flag of Permesta looked like but in Flagmaster no. 079 (1995) it says (after the flags of the states of the United States of Indonesia [RIS]):
"Some states resisted incoporation and still do. These include: Minahasa, or Permesta (a district in north Celebes). Its flag was said to be yellow with a black letter P (for 'Permesta').[...]"

I don't think Permesta is a district, but rather a movement active in Minahasa (among others I presume) in the early 1960s.
Mark Sensen, 27 December 1