Maybe the chinese were commiting crimes or were involved in actions of a violent and terrorist nature that forced the indonesians to defend themselves against the violence
See how this works
This kind of idiocy can justify any atrocities including against innocent Rohingya
Those were not criminals or terrorists, but Chinese women being raped and murdered by deranged Indonesian RAPISTS and LOOTERS.
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/10/...ts-of-numerous-rapes-of-chinese-in-riots.html
In Jakarta, Reports Of Numerous Rapes Of Chinese in Riots
In addition to the looting and arson that was largely
aimed at Chinese neighborhoods in three days of rioting in Jakarta last month, human rights and women's aid groups have begun to document what they say appears to have been an
organized campaign of assaults, gang rapes and killings of ethnic Chinese women.
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/黑色五月暴动
Google Translate:
The 1998 Indonesian Chinese Exclusion (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998), also known as the Black May riot, refers to the riots that occurred in the cities of Medan, Jakarta, and Solo in Indonesia from May 13 to 16, 1998. A series of riots against the Chinese community. The riots lasted for about three days, and tens of thousands of Chinese were ill-treated and killed.
At that time, Indonesia was experiencing the turbulent period of the Asian financial turmoil. The Indonesian government adopted a tacit or inaction attitude.
There is also evidence that the riot was planned by the Indonesian military.
However, it should be noted that although there were ethnic conflicts in this incident. The reason is mostly caused by the inequality between the Chinese and the locals.
The goal of the Indonesian people was to oppose the Chinese holding huge wealth.
According to information released by the Indonesian government agency National Solidarity Development Bureau on July 10, a riot occurred in the middle of May with Chinese as the main target.
468 Chinese women were raped. The oldest is 55 years old, and the youngest is only 9 years old. year old. Among them, 20 Chinese women were raped or beaten to death or were thrown into the sea of fire and turned into ashes.
The deceased included the 9-year-old girl who died of genital mutilation, died of serious illness and died in hospital.
Groups such as the Indonesian “Relief Center for Rape Women” and the “Women’s Contact Information Center” said that the exact figures of raped Chinese women could not be grasped because of government pushes, intimidation by criminal groups and the difficulty of victims. Some human rights organizations estimate that the correct number should be more than a thousand.
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