Culture Minister Fadli Zon’s remarks that the 1998 mass rapes were “all hearsay” have incited fresh concerns over the government’s plan to release new history books, which some historians say omit major human rights violations. JAKARTA: An Indonesian minister’s denial of mass rapes that took place during the country’s 1998 riots has been slammed by rights activists and the National Commission on Violence Against Women. Culture Minister Fadli Zon’s remarks that the mass rapes were “all hearsay”