Kerusuhan Mei 1998: Tragedi Etnis Tionghoa di Jakarta

Abstract

After Indonesia became an independent country, not a few experiences conflicts that cause controversy. The year 1998 became one of the unforgettable years because of the riots that caused many victims and led to an attack aimed at the ethnic Tionghoa. Until now, the tragedy is still a question mark because there is no party willing to give responsibility or compensation for the riots that occurred. This paper is the result of a literature review that explains the riots that occurred in 1998 regarding the tragedy of the ethnic Tionghoa in Jakarta. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the ethnic Tionghoa tragedy in Jakarta began from the background, how the incident occurred, to the impact until now of the 1998 incident. The research method used is descriptive method. The riot that occurred 24 years ago resulted in the emergence of discrimination and bad prejudice, even the incident still brought up trauma that imprinted. Even so far, the perspective of Indonesian people on Tinghoa ethnic.