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The Trisakti shootings, also known as the Trisakti tragedy (Indonesian: Tragedi Trisakti), took place at Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 12 May 1998. At a demonstration demanding President Suharto's resignation, Indonesian Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed protestors. Four students, Elang Mulia Lesmana, Heri Hertanto, Hafidin ...
Trisakti Museum was established with the background of the Indonesian university student movement in 1998, when the students across Indonesia rallied to demand reform. [ 3 ] The students at Trisakti University , as a part of the students in Indonesia as a whole, participated in a peaceful protest movement . [ 3 ]
The DPR (legislators for the 1999-2004 period) in 2000 set up a Special Committee (Pansus) to examine whether the May 1998 Trisakti shootings and the two Semanggi incidents constituted gross violations of human rights. The Pansus included members of the military/police faction in parliament.
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.
12 May – Trisakti shootings: Indonesian National Army soldiers fire and kill four protestors. [3] This causes the start of the riots in Jakarta. 15 May – 1998 Klender mall fire : A fire in the Klender Mall due to looting leaves at least 200 people dead. [4] 21 May – Fall of Suharto: Suharto resigns as president. [5] [6]
The Trisakti shootings (Indonesian: Tragedi Trisakti [ˈtraɡedi trisakˈti], literally "Trisakti Tragedy") occurred at Universitas Trisakti on 12 May 1998. At a demonstration demanding President Suharto's resignation, soldiers opened fire on unarmed protestors. Four students were killed and dozens more were injured.
Trisakti shootings: 12 May 1998 Trisakti University, Jakarta 4 At a demonstration demanding President Suharto's resignation, Indonesian Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed protestors in Trisakti University. Four students were killed and 15 were injured. Biak massacre: 2–6 July 1998 Biak, Papua: 40–150
Having consolidated power in 1967 in the aftermath of the attempted coup in 1965 which was launched by middle-ranking officers in the Indonesian army and air force but officially blamed on the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) resulting in purges, the government of Suharto adopted policies that severely restricted civil liberties and instituted a system of rule that effectively split power ...