The riots of 12–15 May 1998 occurred against a backdrop of great political and economic unrest in Indonesia, with a student-led protest movement calling for an end to the military regime (Aspinall, Feith, & Van Klinken, 1999).
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May 27, 2023 · Habibie in 2002, the riots claimed a huge number of victims: 1,200 people were burned to death, 8,500 buildings and vehicles were burnt to ashes ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 14 – Indonesia's capital erupted in an orgy of rioting and looting today, with young protesters burning hundreds of stores, ...
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Mar 9, 2022 · The May 1998 riots remain a sensitive issue nationally and involved mass violence directed primarily against the Chinese-Indonesian ethnic ...
At the conclusion of the May 1998 riots, thousands had been burned or beaten to death, over a hundred ethnically Chinese women had been raped, and a large part ...
May 26, 2023 · In May 1998, massive student protests and riots in Indonesia's capital Jakarta and other major cities brought to an end the 32-year Suharto ...
May 13, 2020 · When the economic crisis hit in 1998, food shortages and mass unemployment triggered riots that targeted ethnic Chinese throughout Indonesia, ...
May 26, 2023 · Much of the dark chapter around the sexual assault of Indonesian-Chinese women remains unspoken, 25 years after the May 1998 riots.