In 1965, Pramoedya Ananta Toer was detained by indonesian authorities and eventually exiled to the penal island of buru. Without a formal accusation or trial, the onetime national hero was imprisoned on buru for eleven y...In 1965, Pramoedya Ananta Toer was detained by indonesian authorities and eventually exiled to the penal island of buru. Without a formal accusation or trial, the onetime national hero was imprisoned on buru for eleven years.