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View all search results“We wish that the monuments and graves of victims of the May 1998 riots could become a historical landmark so the city cultural agency could take over. That way, those historical events can become a precious lesson for this nation,” Zaenal told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
“We cannot heal what we will not face.” This key message of the Chinese Whispers (CW) digital graphic novel, which looks at how the May 1998 riots in several cities in Indonesia were triggered by political engineering that intentionally evoked racial sentiments, brought tears to some audience members during its launch at the Makassar International Writers Festival in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Saturday.
Members of the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) made a devotional visit to a mass grave of the victims of the May 1998 riots at public cemetery TPU Purwoloyo in Surakarta, Central Java, on Tuesday.
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