1998 mass rapes to be left out of Indonesia’s national history rewrite, ‘need to be proven’: Culture Minister

Magda Gheorghiță

The Indonesian government plans to revise the country’s official historical narrative by launching a new 10-volume series of history books to coincide with the country’s 80th Independence Day celebrations on Aug 17. JAKARTA: Mass rapes committed during Indonesia’s 1998 riots will not be included in the government’s ongoing national history rewrite project, according to the country’s Culture Minister. On Wednesday (Jul 2), Fadli Zon also confirmed that the project would proceed, despite