Pembantaian era suharto biography

Period of civil unrest, anti-government protests, and racial violence in Indonesia

Not to be confused with Maluku sectarian conflict.

The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998), also known colloquially as the 1998 tragedy (Tragedi 1998) or simply the 98 event (Peristiwa 98), were incidents of mass violence and civil unrest in Indonesia, many of which targeted the country's ethnic Chinese population. The events were mainly in the cities of Medan, Jakarta, and Surakarta, with smaller incidents in other parts of Indonesia.

Under the Western-backed Suharto, there had been widespread and systematic discrimination against ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. The riots were triggered by corruption, economic problems, including food shortages and mass unemployment. It eventually led to the resignation of President Suharto and the fall of the New Order government, which had been in power for 32 years and heavily backed by Western powe

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Introduction

1Media, be it fiction (Suryajaya, 2015; Heriyati, 2015; Wirawan, 2015) or factual—documentaries (Paramaditha, 2013), journalistic reports (Parahita, 2014), as well as videos conveying alternative perspectives of the 1965/66 massacres—have been used to enhance social memories of 1965/66. Such media have been distributed through new media platforms, including YouTube (Espena, 2017; Ikhwan, Yulianto, Parahita, 2019).

2Owing to its capacity to offer different means of interpreting and remembering the trauma of modern Indonesian history, cinema has become part of the battle for history in Post-Soeharto Indonesia (Espena, 2017: 59). Arifin C. Noer’s bio Penumpasan Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (The Eradication of the Treachery of the 30 September Movement/Indonesian Communist Party), more commonly known as Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI,has been widely propagated to produce an official memory of 1965/66 and its aftermath (Zurbuchen, 2002; Wieringa & Katjasungkana, 2019). Howe

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Remembering the Indonesian Genocide, 53 Years Later

Djoko Sri Moeljono, Pembuangan Pulau Buru: Dari Barter ke Hukum Pasar. Bandung: Ultimus, 2017, x + 261 pp. ISBN: 9786028331647, price: IDR 75,000.00 (paperback).

Gregorius Soeharsojo Goenito, Tiada Jalan Bertabur Bunga: Memoar Pulau Buru dalam Sketsa. Yogyakarta: InsistPress, 2016, xviii + 248 pp. ISBN: 9786020857114, price: IDR 65,000.00 (paperback).

IPT 1965 Foundation, Final Report of the International People’s Tribunal on Crimes Against Humanity in Indonesia 1965 / Laporan akhir Pengadilan Rakyat Internasional 1965. Bandung: Ultimus, 2017, 384 pp., ISBN: 9786028331791, price: IDR 75,000.00 (paperback).

Jess Melvin, The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder. New York: Routledge, 2018, xxv + 319 pp. ISBN: 9781138574694, price: GBP 80.50 (hardback).

Mars Noersmono, Bertahan Hidup di Pulau Buru. Bandung: Ultimus, 2017, viii + 368 pp. ISBN: 9786028331340, price: IDR 85,000.