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Today is 22nd anniversary of the fall of late President #Suharto amid mass student protests, rioting on 21 May 1998. I was then Reuters Jakarta correspondent, running from rubber bullets, tear gas almost every day. I witnessed incredible courage from people of #Indonesia. Thread
1. These are the lessons I learnt from #Indonesia
- Freedom is not free. You have to fight and sacrifice for it
- The fall of #Suharto was just the beginning of a long, back-breaking struggle to forge democracy, re-build or build democratic institutions for the future
- Freedom is not free. You have to fight and sacrifice for it
- The fall of #Suharto was just the beginning of a long, back-breaking struggle to forge democracy, re-build or build democratic institutions for the future
2. Long-running regimes never want to give up power. They will use race, religion to shake new & democratic government. And nothing provoke people quite like race & religion.
- Hence, soon after Suharto's fall, religious & racial violence erupted in #Kalimantan, #Maluku etc.
- Hence, soon after Suharto's fall, religious & racial violence erupted in #Kalimantan, #Maluku etc.
