Discrimination Still Rampant

ETHNIC CHINESE Indonesians are still having difficulties over citizenship and ancient beliefs. How are they dealing with it?

August 17, 2004

HOUSEHOLD names like Alan Budikusuma and Susi Susanti apparently do not hold much sway at the immigration office. These first two Indonesians to win an Olympic gold medal (for badminton in Barcelona, 1992) still ran into problems when they tried to get a passport last month. This husband-and-wife couple was chosen by the International Olympic Confederation to carry the torch in the recently opened Olympics in Athens, Greece. This is the first

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