 Many other dissidents, such as Marsillam Simanjuntak, who would emerge as the 'Mr.Clean' of post-Suharto Indonesian politics, had the same fate.In early 1990 Princen had a major role in founding the Merdeka Labor Union (Serikat Buruh Merdeka – "Merdeka" literally means "Independence") – together with Dita Indah Sari, a noted Indonesian labor activist and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience.