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Tragedy revisited

The Jakarta Post | Thu, 05/14/2009 10:21 AM
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Tragedy revisited: Women scatter flower petals at Citra Mall (the former site of  Yogya Plaza) in Klender, East Jakarta, where their children and dozens of other people were trapped and killed when the shopping center burned down on May 13, 1998. Relatives of the victims of the May 13-15, 1998, anti-Chinese rioting in major cities across Indonesia marked the anniversary of the tragedy that killed 1,190 people in Jakarta alone, according to figures from the National Commission on Human Rights. JP/NurhayatiWomen scatter flower petals at Citra Mall (the former site of Yogya Plaza) in Klender, East Jakarta, where their children and dozens of other people were trapped and killed when the shopping center burned down on May 13, 1998. Relatives of the victims of the May 13-15, 1998, anti-Chinese rioting in major cities across Indonesia marked the anniversary of the tragedy that killed 1,190 people in Jakarta alone, according to figures from the National Commission on Human Rights. JP/Nurhayati
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