Police Seize Molotov Cocktails, Uncover Riot Plot

... to create riots in Jakarta during the weekend. Jakarta Police spokesman ... was arrested by the Jakarta police in cooperation with ... what happened in the 1998 Jakarta May Riots. Police also seized grenades ... and Roxy [in West Jakarta]. The commotion was supposed ...

Police Arrest Alleged Funder of Plot to Assassinate Four Top Officials

... firearm from Aceh to Jakarta. "On May 15, members of BAIS ... Indonesia from Aceh to Jakarta on May 15. Upon arrival at ... in violently suppressing the May 1998 riots in Jakarta that toppled the authoritarian ... in last month's riots in Jakarta. "I cannot answer ...

Reformasi Activists to Send Five Thousand-Strong Crowd to Guard KPU

... Jakarta on Tuesday to pay tribute to the victims of the May 1998 riots ... in Jakarta. More than one hundred ... toppled after 32 years in May 1998, ushering in a new ... started in chaos with the Jakarta riots, which were triggered by ...

Flowers for the Dead

Families of victims of the May 1998 Jakarta riots commemorated the tragedy on Monday ... May 13-15, 1998. The annual ritual at Klender Mall in East Jakarta ... violations. The families of the May 1998 riot victims have also been ...

Peaceful Election Suggests Exaggerated Fears of a Country Split in Two

... demanding for legal prosecution of Jakarta governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja ... lot more tolerant than what may have been reported by ... in Indonesian history happened in 1998 when riots broke out in cities ... 30 years in power. In May that year, looters ransacked ...

Laura Basuki to Star in Biopic of Indonesian Badminton Legend Susy Susanti

Jakarta. An upcoming biopic about badminton ... at Istora Senayan in Central Jakarta on Wednesday (19/09). Sim ... recently cast to play former Jakarta governor, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama ... a Chinese Indonesian during the May 1998 riots. "I hope the film can ...

Mini Exhibition Digs Deep Into Real Meaning of Diversity

Jakarta. "Celebrating Diversity #2" is a ... running at LATAR in South Jakarta until Oct. 19. The mini ... about what happened in [the May] 1998 riots," Dolorosa said. The artist is ... 5.5-5.6, South Jakarta Opening hours: 9 a.m ...

Twenty Years On, Victims of May 1998 Riots Still Seek Justice

Jakarta. For the past decade, Indonesian ... the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta, seeking justice for her son ... the Asian financial crisis in May 1998. The riots preceded the resignation on ... to have perished when a Jakarta mall was set ablaze, though ...

20 Years Since Beginning of Reformasi, How Far Have We Come?

Jakarta. This year, the month of May comes with a bittersweet ... of Universitas Nasional (Unas) in Jakarta. Savic Ali, director of ... (Komnas Perempuan), told the Jakarta Globe that the past 20 ... involved in the events [riots] of 1998 are still holding strategic  ...

Disciplining Chinese-Indonesians, Normalizing Discrimination

... of Batavia – modern day Jakarta – were slaughtered during an ... rapes and murder during the May 1998 Jakarta riots. Stereotypes abound about Chinese ... and mini cinema in Central Jakarta on Saturday (05/05 ... at the height of former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" ...