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The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998),[1] 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 powers such as the United States. The main targets of the violence were ethnic Chinese Indonesians, but most of the casualties were caused by a massive fire and occurred among looters.[

May 1998 Indonesia riots - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from May 1998 riots of Indonesia ) Not to be confused with Maluku sectarian conflict . {{cite web |author1=Sai Siew-Min |title=[Special Report on Indonesia 1998] The Impossibility of Collective Memory: Reflecting on the May 1998 Indonesian Violence (Part 1) |url=https://opinion.cw.com.tw/blog/profile/443/article/6863%22%3Ehttps%3A//opinion.cw.com.tw/blog/profile/443/article/6863 |website=The News Lens |accessdate=2024-02-15 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/we

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