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View all search resultsMay-1998-tragedy
Politics 1 year ago
PREMIUM
New villages minister admits using minister invitation for family event
Newly sworn-in Villages and Regional Development Minister Yandri Susanto has apologized to the public for using a letter bearing his ministry letterhead to invite local leaders in Banten to attend the second anniversary of the death of his mother on Tuesday.
Lifestyle 4 years ago
Ita Martadinata: Remembering the victims of the May 1998 tragedy
The murder of one survivor of rape during the May 1998 riots remains unsolved today, a stark reminder that public acknowledgement, reconciliation and justice for victims of the widespread violence, both Chinese and non-Chinese, remains elusive.
Opinion 5 years ago
PREMIUM
Silence leads to continued injustice and impunity
This made me remember what my parents often said when I was a child if I witnessed some incident I considered unjust: “You cannot say that, because you are Chinese.” I have been trained by them to keep silent, because silence would make us safer.
National 5 years ago
Time to celebrate unsung heroes amid COVID-19 crisis
This week comes as a stark reminder for people to protect and uphold the rights of the country’s many unsung heroes amid the COVID-19 outbreak: nurses who are on the frontline treating patients, mothers who keep their households afloat and victims seeking justice after the 1998 May riots.
City 6 years ago
PREMIUM
Our memories of May are fading, we need more memorials: Activists
“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.
National 7 years ago
'Reformasi' yet to bring justice for some
“Seeing that the government failed to meet the six points of the reform agenda, it’s safe to say that the [reform era] failed,” said Maria Catarina Sumarsih, 66. Her son, Wawan, was among four Trisakti University students who were gunned down in the 1998 Trisakti Shooting.
