KEKERASAN TERHADAP PEREMPUAN ETNIS TIONGHOA DALAM KERUSUHAN MEI 1998 DI SURABAYA

Abstract

Violence against Chinese Indonesian women in the May 1998 Riots of Indonesia, particularly that took place in Surabaya, is related to the New Order administration. The negatives sentiments towards Chinese Indonesians which many natives Indonesians still have after 30 September Movement (G30S/PKI) led to the discrimination of Chinese Indonesians in the form of numerous policies that passed by the government. The aim of this study is to find out the reason why many Chinese Indonesian women suffers more from sexual violence during the 1998 event and the native Indonesians' perception towards Chinese Indonesians during the New Order era.
Using historical research methodologies (heuristic, verification, interpretation, and historiography), this study used data triangulation for the verification method to determine the validity of data that were collected from in-depth interviews and archival research in National Commission on Violence Against Women (KOMNAS Perempuan) and Evi Lina Sutrisno’s thesis. The researcher believes that those data are valid because 1) National Commission on Violence Against Women (KOMNAS Perempuan) have documents in the form of Catahu Komnas Perempuan (Catatan Tahunan KOMNAS Perempuan/National Commission on Violence Against Women’s Yearly Report) and a series of documents called Seri Dokumen Kunci KOMNAS Perempuan that are published every year, and 2) Evi Lina Sutrisno was an activist and a witness of May 1998 Riots in Surabaya. For the Interpretation method, this study adopted Foucault’s theory of Power Knowledge.
Keywords: Violence against ethnic Chinese women, May 1998 riots, New Order