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The Mass Rapes of May 1998

Monday, June 23, 2025

Victims of the May 1998 mass rapes and their advocates spoke to Tempo, offering harrowing testimony that refutes Fadli Zon's claim the atrocities were mere rumors.

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Two women of Chinese descent walk through the Glodok area after the riots of May 13-14, 1998, in Jakarta. Dok. Tempo/Rully Kesuma. tempo : 176329497516.

EVERY May, Agatha—not her real name—is gripped by overwhelming anxiety. Her body trembles, she urinates more frequently, and her sleep is restless, often broken. A woman of Chinese descent, she is haunted by the brutal event that shattered her life more than two decades ago: the mass rapes that occurred during the May 1998 riots.

On May 14, 1998, a mob of muscular young men stormed her family’s shop-house in West Jakarta. They

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