The Turning Point - Indonesia

May 1998
Powerful pictures tell the story of a Revolution.

When the 6 students were shot dead with live ammunition in Trisakti University 3 weeks ago it unleashed the riots which left 500 dead and changed the Indonesian political landscape forever. We were inside the campus on the day of the killings and offer an insight into the vanguard of the opposition to Suharto. On the day of the killings, students from Trisakti began to march towards parliament. They came armed with roses, a symbol of People's Power. Without warning, the shooting started. Bystanders cowered on the footpaths. Inside the campus all hell broke lose...The next day throngs of rioters, outraged at the students' deaths, surrounded the university, urging the students inside to join them. President Suharto could no longer survive the political instability, his power had to be maintained through the barrel of the gun. The events at Trisakti will go down in history as Indonesia's turning point.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[aguswj0408]

6 students?? BIG DEAL!!

Now count the dead bodies of raped and murdered chinese!!

[PermenAsem]

Indonesia has imporved a lot, especially politically and economically. Too bad the extremists are trying to destroy all that progress...

[Silvoleon]

@maomao667 that's very ignorant of you. not all indonesians are bad.

[dodikobull]

Ada gw cuuuy

[karelin11]

@sk8yuu Watch my videos about indonesia and see these are the results of indonesian's stupidity and repression against papuans!

[TokyoMetal777]

@aguswj0408 ...now count the number of raped and murdered Chinese by your own government (The Great Leap forward). Your greatest enemy, is not a foreign one, it never has been.

[bima1979ol]

@aguswj0408 well the death of those 6 students which caused the riot. Riot is riot !!

[sk8yuu]

@maomao667

you are really stupid. we dont need people like you to exist in this world. This world is getting fucked cos of ppl like you. you are a disgrace. go move somewhere else, like mars.

[Uranggokil]

@aguswj0408 hundreds I guess? BIG DEAL!! and now let's count the poverty in which are suffered Pribumis by Chinese!!! :D

[maomao667]

@Baby22Budha

Indonesia deserves that. No one feels sorry for you indonesians.

[Baby22Budha]

@maomao667 then your saying prayers to the devil i say :P i hope mao mao, you can see... cz judging by your name god punnished you with shoe laced size eyes