Indonesia's 'Red scare' revived ahead of elections Bookseller Yanto Tjahaja was tending to his shop when soldiers burst through the door and confiscated a dozen titles over claims they violated one of Indonesia's most sensitive taboos: communism. The January raid -- part of a government-ordered sweep -- has been slammed by some critics as a cynical ploy to win over voters ahead of April's national elections, as it resurrects one of the darkest chapters in Indonesian history.IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES.