Is Indonesia Slipping Back from its Historic Tolerance?
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This month marks the 10th anniversary of the reformasi movement in Indonesia. Begun with the shootings of four Trisakti University students in Jakarta, a week of violent demonstrations throughout Java followed, and the subsequent political turmoil, including brutal anti-Chinese riots in Jakarta, eventually removed former President Suharto from power. May 1998 remains an important milestone for the imperfect and sometimes chaotic progress the country has made toward representative democracy.
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This month marks the 10th anniversary of the reformasi movement in Indonesia. Begun with the shootings of four Trisakti University students in Jakarta, a week of violent demonstrations throughout Java followed, and the subsequent political turmoil, including brutal anti-Chinese riots in Jakarta, eventually removed former President Suharto from power. May 1998 remains an important milestone for the imperfect and sometimes chaotic progress the country has made toward representative democracy.
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