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Author: simon
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:00
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To: All honorable members of the society
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Dear Sir, and/or Mdm,
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If you have watched TV, read newspapers, or turned on the
radio this past several days, you may heard of the riots
in Indonesia. News media are telling us the Indonesian
Pribumis (Malay) people are rising up against the Suharto
dictatorship. We are told that the Indonesia poor Malay
suffered a lot under Suharto's corrupted regime, and they
wanted change.
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The Indonesia Pribumis (Malay) comprises over 80% of the
total population. Most of them are Muslims. The Indonesian
ethnic Chinese minority are mostly Buddhist or Christian.
The news media portrayed the Indonesian Malay as honest,
decent, peace loving people who rioted because they were
hungry, they were poor, and they were victimized by Suharto,
and his filthy-rich Indonesian Chinese allies.
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who is Suharto? Is Suharto an Indonesian Pribumi (Malay,)
or is he an Indonesian Chinese? Is Suharto a Muslim, or
is he a Christian or a Buddhist? Aren't you curious that
almost all reports about the Indonesian rioters savagely
attacking businesses owned by the Indonesian ethnic
Chinese minority come with the DISCLAIMER-like pseudo-
economic news attachment that reminds us of the
"disproportion wealth gap" between the Chinese and the
Malay in Indonesia?
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�ɦ欰��ؤH�P���ӤH���h�I�a���pô�_�Ӥ��P��_�ǶܡS
A disclaimer-like news attachment usually looks like this:
"The Indonesian ethnic Chinese minority only comprises
less than 4% of the Indonesian population, but they
controlled more than (70%, 75%, 80%,85%, 90%, take your
pick) of the entire Indonesian economy."
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?�L���ؤH�ּƥ��ڶȦ�L���`�H�f�ƶq��4%����M��L�̫o
�����ضW�L�]70%�N75%�N80%�N85%�N90%�M���ѿ�ܡ^���g��
�]�I�C?
Don't you find it strange the news media attach an ECONOMIC
disclaimer whenever they report the BLATANTLY RACIST RIOTS
in Indonesia perpetrated by people from the MAJORITY RACE
against people of the MINORITY RACE?
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Could it be possible that 4% of the population controlling
over 90% of the economy? Suharto and his family are
reported to have accumulated up to 40 BILLION USD in wealth.
Is Suharto and his family counted among the 4% of the
population? Is Suharto and his family ethnically CHINESE?
���`�H�f4%���L���ؤH���i���90%�H�W���g�ٶܡS�ڳ��
Ĭ�����M�L���a�ڲֿn�]�I�F400����CĬ������b4%���H
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Is the World Press reporting from Indonesia consistent
with their reporting from elsewhere around the world? Here
are several recent world events, as reported to us by the
same International Media:
�L������ڷs�D�]World Press�^��L�̦b�@�ɨ�L�a�誺��
�D�@�P�ܡS�U���O�̪X�_��کʨƥ�M�ѦP�@�a��ڴC��
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In Rwanda, when the MAJORITY Hutus attacked and massacre
the minority Tutsis, the World Press reported it as a
racial-based tragedy. There was no mention of the economic
differences. In Bosnia, when the MAJORITY Serbs and/or the
Croats attacked and massacre the Bosnia Muslims, the
International Media told us it was religious-based.
�b�c���F�M�h�ƥ���Hutus�O���ּƥ���Tutsis�M��ڷs�D��
�D�M�o�O���رڥD�q���d�@�C�S���������g�ٮt���C�b�i
�襧�ȡM�h�ƥ��ڶ�ڡ]Serbs�^�M/�ΧJ�ڡ]Croats�^ŧ���i
�襧�Ȫ��p���L�M�o�a�C��i�D�ڭ̡M�o�O���v�Ъ������C
The conflicts between the Albanian and Serbs in Kosovo are
being reported as race-based conflicts.Why then, whenever
the Indonesian Malay MAJORITY savagely attacked the
Indonesian Chinese minority, the World Media kept on
insisting that the attacks motivated by RACIST hatred were
ECONOMIC-related riots?
�b����U�]Kosovo�^����ڥ��ȤH�M��ڤH�������Ĭ�M�Q
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���Ⲵ��n�b�g�٤W�M�úٺرڥD�q�̪������g�٦����C
Have you heard any single news story that portrayed the
Indonesian Malay as racists for their attack on Chinese
owned businesses? Have you wonder why the Indonesian Malay
only attacked the Chinese shops, and not the Malay,
American, British, or Arabian businesses?
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�����ؤH�ݤU��~�ܡS�z���_�ǦL�������ӤH����u�����ؤH
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Are ALL Indonesian Chinese FILTHY-RICH? Of the Indonesian
Chinese, only 5% can be classified as wealthy. The rest
-NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) - of them are either in the
medium or lower-income strata of the Indonesian economy.
Today, many Indonesian ethnic Chinese are still living in
wooden shacks because they can NOT afford brick houses.
Many of the poor Indonesian Chinese worked very hard but
they still find it extremely difficult to make enough money
to feed and house their family. Most of the really wealthy
Indonesian Chinese already LEFT Indonesia. Those stayed
behind in Indonesia are the poor Chinese who don't have
the economic means to escape. And they are those whose
businesses are being LOOTED, whose merchandizes are being
PLUNDERED, whose buildings are being TORCHED, whose women
are being RAPED, and whose children are being BRUTALLY
SLAUGHTERED.
�Ҧ����L���ؤH���O������P�I���ܡS�b�L���ؤH���M�Ȧ�5%
��Q�k�J�I�H���šC��E��95%�O�������ũΧC���J�̡C���ѡM
�\�h�L���ؤH���M�ͬ��b���Фl�̡M�]���L�̶R���_�j��
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They are the ones made homeless by the Pribumis savagery
attacks, they are made even poorer for having their small
business totally destroyed by the rioters. The shops that
were destroyed were mostly mom-and-pop type of small
business. With their shops burnt to the ground, those
already poor Chinese gotten even POORER. They lost not only
their businesses, they lost their home, and they lost many
of their family members who were killed by the Indonesian
Malay rioters.
�L�̦]��Pribumis�����Z�����ӵL�a�i�k�C�L�̦]���s�p��
�ͷN�����M�L�s�ӧ�[�h�a�C���dzQ���a���ө����j�h�Ƴ��O
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���h�F�Q�L�����Ӽɶê̹ܥh�F�ͩR���ˤH�C
How many of the news reports you have read regarding the
Indonesian riots mentioned all these facts? What is the
percentage of those news reports even talked about the
Chinese who were BRUTALLY BUTCHERED by the rioters?
���h�ַs�D��ɴ���W�����o�Ǩƹ�S���h�ַs�D��ɽͤγQ
�ɶê̴ݵL�H�D�a�O�����ؤH�S
Think back for a minute, of the many of the news reports
you have read about Indonesia, can you think of one which
mentioned the number of Chinese killed in by the Malay
rioters? How many of those news reports focused on the
plight of the Indonesian ethnic Chinese minority?
���U�ӷQ�@�Q�M�b�z�ݨ쪺�s�D��ɤ��M�z��O�o�����@�a��
��b�ɶä���ͪ��ؤH�H�ƶܡS���h�֮a�s�D��ɧ����Y���
�L���ظǤּƥ��ڪ��ͦs���p�S
Did the News Media ever tell us how many Chinese were hurt?
�C��i�D�ڭ̦��h�ֵؤH���ˮ`�F�ܡS
Did they tell us how many Chinese women were RAPED?
�C��i�D�ڭ̦��h�ֵؤH��k�D��j�ɶܡS
Did they tell us how many Chinese were SLAUGHTERED?
�C��i�D�ڭ̦��h�ֵؤH�Q�����ܡS
Did they described to us what type of HORRIBLE DEATHS the
Chinese had suffered by the hands of the BRUTAL HANDS of
the Malay rioter
�C��V�ڭ̴yø�L�ؤH�D�차�Ӽɶä��l���ݻŧ�i�᪺����
���۶ܡS
Do you know the story of the innocent THREE-YEAR-OLD
Chinese GIRL who was BRUTALLY BUTCHERED by the Indonesian
Malay rioters when they broke into her parents house, in
Tanjong Pinang, of Indonesia? The rioters first broke into
her parents' house. They KILLED her grandmother. Then the
rioters RAPED and BUTCHERED her mother Finally they
MURDERED this INNOCENT 3 year-old Chinese GIRL, by smashed
open her skull, with a metal pipe.
�z���D�@�ӵL�d���T���k�Ī��G�ƶܡS�o�O�b�ɶê����J
Tanjong�b��7d�o���������ж��ɳQ�ݵL�H�D�a���`���C�L�̱�
�F�o�������M�j�ɨñ��`�F�o�����ˡC�̫�o�DZ��H�ǥΤ@��
���ݺޥ��}�F�o���Y�\���C
Has CNN reported this news?
CNN��ɹL�o��s�D�ܡS
Has BBC covered this event?
BBC���S�L�o�Өƥ�ܡS
Has AP, UPI, or Reuters distributed this story?
AP�NUPI�Ϊ̸��z���o�G�L�o��s�D�ܡS
Wonder why none of the Wold Press is interested in
reporting the horrible death of an INNOCENT 3-year-old
GIRL? Was it because the little girl is from the Indonesia
ethnic Chinese
minority background? Was it because her family is
definitely NOT rich, which may jeopardized the "Indonesian
Chinese = FILTHY-RICH" image painted by so many
journalists reporting from Indonesia, for the World Media?
�z�ܩ_�ǦL������ڷs�D������ɤ@�ӵL�d���T���k�Ī�
���Ʀ����S�O�]���o���L���ظǭI���ܡS�٬O�]���o���a�x��
���I���M�M�`�첳�h�s�D���c��V���ҿ�?�L���ؤH=������
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Was it because she was a innocently sweet little girl,
unlike the "Indonesian Chinese = COLD-HEARTED, EVIL
BUSNESSMEN" image so many journalists would have us
believed?
�O�]���o�O�@�ӵL�d���i�R���p�k�ġM�h�s�D�C����鵹
�ڭ̪�?�L���ؤH=�N�娸�c���ӤH?�ι����šS
Was it because her INNOCENCE may proved to us that
Indonesian Chinese are flesh-and-blood human beings, much
like the rest of the humanities,which again, may smash the
"Indonesian Chinese nON-HUMAN" image many members of the
World Press would like to plant deep into our minds?
�O�]���o���L�d�i�H�V�ڭ��ҩ�M�L���ؤH�O���妳�ת��H�M
���L�H�@�˪��H�M�ӳo�|���ڷs�D�����ܦh�H�Q�L�b�ڭ�
���l����?�L���ؤH���O�H?���аO���ӯ��H�S
what motivated the International Press members to engage
in such a world-wide scale of DIS-INFORMATION campaign?
Why are so many journalists trying to make the Indonesian
ethnic Chinese minority into a "FILTHY-RICH," "COLD-
HEARTED," and "EVIL" people, and In the meantime they try
to portray the Indonesian pribumi (Malay) rioters, who
would NOT even spare the life of an INNOCENT 3-year-old
LITTLE GIRL, as "MILD-MANNERED"?
�O����P�ϰ�ڥX�����]International Press�^���H����
���o�ˤ@�ӥ@�ɩʪ������S������p���h���s�D�O�̤O�ϧ�L
���ؤH���i?������I�H?�N?�N��ʪ�?�N?���c��?�������s
��S�ӻP���P�ɤS��L����Pribumi�]���ӤH�^�ɶê̡M����
�Ʀܳs�@�ӤT�����L�d�k�Ī��ͩR������L���H�M�yø��?��
�M���u�W�x�H?�S
The Indonesian Chinese are the VICTIMS, the Indonesian
Pribumis are the PETRATORS. But yet, every time a news
story of Chinese houses being burned, the same news story
also told us how WEALTHY those Chinese are. Did you ever
read a news report which scrutinized the wealth of the
victims who just had their house burned to the ground?
Every time there is a mention about Chinese business being
looted, there is also a mention of how much ECONOMIC POWER
those Chinese have.
�C�@���������Y�ӵؤH���Фl�Q�N�쪺�s�D�M�P�˪��s�D�N
�|�i�D�ڭ̨��ǵؤH���h��I���C�z����ɭԬݨ�L�s�D���
�u�o�J�ӽլd�L�Q�N�F�Фl���ؤH���]���ܡS
How many time have you ever read a news report which linked
the economic status of a mug victim, to the crime (of
mugging) itself? just how credible are the news reports
from Indonesia? How ludicrous the journalists want to be?
How much DIS-INFORMATION they are allowed to pump out
before they are called to task to answer for all the
GARBAGES they have written? Are the Indonesian ethnic
Chinese minorities strong allies of Suharto?
�L�����s�D��ɦ��h�֬O�i�a���S�z��Q�H�s�D���c�s�y����
�եi����줰��{�ܡS�L�����ּƥ��ڵؤH�u�o�OĬ�����j
�j���P��x�ܡS
The Indonesian ethnic Chinese minorities had been
victimized under the Suharto-led Pribumi government..
Although they are ethnic Chinese, they are NOT allowed to
have a Chinese name. The Suharto-led Pribumi regime
dictated that NO Chinese in Indonesia can have Chinese name.
ALL Chinese in Indonesia MUST have Indonesian name, or they
will not be granted an Indonesian citizenship.
�bĬ�����M��Ϊv�U�M�L���ؤH�w�g�ƨ�R�ݡC���ޥL�̬O��
�ǡM��L�̤���_����W�r�C�Ҧ����L���ؤH�����ΦL���W�r�M
�_�h�S���L�����������C
This law only applies to the ethnic Chinese.A person with
Italian ancestry applying for an Indonesian citizenship
is allowed to keep his Italian name.
�o��k�ߥu��ؤH�ϥΡC�@�ӯ���O�N�j�Q�H���L���H�i�H�O
�d�L���N�j�Q�W�r�ӦP�ɱo��L�����������C
A person born in Indonesia by a Mexican parentage is
allowed to carry a Mexican name on his Indonesian
citizenship form. A Russian is allowed to keep his Russian
name as well. ONLY the Chinese are prohibited from having
a Chinese name. The law specifically discriminates against
the ethnic Chinese. Indonesian Chinese are NOT allowed
to learn the Chinese language.
�@�Ӧb�L���X�ͪ��������Ϊ��H�P�ˤ]�i�H������W�r��o
�L�����y�C�Xù����Ϊ��H�]�i�H��Xù���W�r�C�Ӱ߿W�ؤH�M
������W�r�C�k���ٯS�O�a�[��L���ؤH�M����L�̾Dz�
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In Indonesia, a couple of from Nigeria can teach their
children the Nigerian language. Anyone interested in
learning French can enrolled into French courses offered
in several Indonesian colleges and universities. But if
a Chinese is caught learning the Chinese language in
Indonesia, [s]he may be thrown into jail for breaking the
anti-Chinese law.
�b�L���M�Ӧۥ���Q�Ȫ��Ұ�i�H�ХL�̪��Ĥl����Q�Ȼy�C
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CHINESE HIGHJACKED INDONESIAN WEBSITE
Author: Jackson Xu
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 00:00
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--------------E02A1A16094E84BCF9891C06 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, The chinese hackers make the indonesian website http://tokobudi.co.id looks like this: ********************************** YOUR WEB SITE HACKED BY A GROUP OF HACKER FROM CHINA!! STOP KILLING CHINESE!!!! MOB STOPING atrocity!!! ���վ���ѱ������й�ĺڿ���ڡ�, ӡ��ı�ͽ���ǵı����ǻ��б�Ӧ�ģ����� SHIT!!!! To administrator: we just rename ur index.html to index.bak u can remove our homepage, and rename the index.bak to index.html , thats ok! ;) Jackson Xu mailto:47xu@cua.edu ----------------------------------------------------- Imagine the moment your lovers/friends receive a electric greeting card from you. 100,000 colorful cards to choose from. Fit in well with birthdays, friendship, love, new year's day, and even weddings. Try it out today. URL: http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/greeting.htm ----------------------------------------------------- --------------E02A1A16094E84BCF9891C06 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Hi, <P>The chinese hackers make the indonesian website <A HREF="http://tokobudi.co.id">http://tokobudi.co.id</A> looks like this: <BR>********************************** <BR>YOUR WEB SITE HACKED BY A GROUP <BR>OF HACKER FROM CHINA!! <P>STOP KILLING CHINESE!!!! <P>MOB STOPING atrocity!!! <P>ÄãµÄÕ¾µãÒѱ»À´×ÔÖйúµÄºÚ¿ÍËù¡°ºÚ¡±, <BR>Ó¡ÄáµÄ±©Í½ÄãÃǵı©ÐÐÊÇ»áÓб¨Ó¦µÄ£¡£¡£¡ <P>SHIT!!!! <P>To administrator: we just rename ur <BR>index.html to index.bak u can remove <BR>our homepage, and rename the <BR>index.bak to index.html , thats ok! ;) <BR> <P>Jackson Xu <A HREF="mailto:47xu@cua.edu">mailto:47xu@cua.edu</A> <BR><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">-----------------------------------------------------</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Imagine the moment your lovers/friends receive a electric</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">greeting card from you.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"></FONT> <P><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> 100,000 colorful cards to choose from. Fit in well</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> with birthdays, friendship, love, new year's day,</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> and even weddings. Try it out today.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"></FONT> <P><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">URL: <A HREF="http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/greeting.htm">http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/greeting.htm</A></FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">-----------------------------------------------------</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> </FONT></HTML> --------------E02A1A16094E84BCF9891C06--
NEWEST COMPUTER BOOKS TO DOWNLOAD
Author: Jackson Xu
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 00:00
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Dear friends,
I've collected some new e-books on computer. Those books are recently on
sale in the bookstores. The topics include Java,
languages, network programming, html, Oracle, and so on.
I hope they'll be helpful for your study and work.
BTW, this web site of mine will be destroyed soon. Be quick!!
BOOKS ON LINE: go to
http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/home.htm
then choose INDEX 'books library'.
Forward to as many friends you like as possible.
Jackson Xu mailto:47xu@cua.edu
-----------------------------------------------------
Imagine the moment your lovers/friends receive a electric
greeting card from you.
100,000 colorful cards to choose from. Fit in well
with birthdays, friendship, love, new year's day,
and even weddings. Try it out today.
URL: http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/greeting.htm
http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/home.htm
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Dear friends,
<P>I've collected some new e-books on computer. Those books are recently
on sale in the bookstores. The topics include Java,
<BR>languages, network programming, html, Oracle, and so on.
<BR>I hope they'll be helpful for your study and work.
<BR>BTW, this web site of mine will be destroyed soon. Be quick!!
<P> BOOKS ON LINE: go to
<BR> <A HREF="http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/home.htm">http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/home.htm</A>
<BR>then choose INDEX 'books library'.
<P>Forward to as many friends you like as possible.
<P>Jackson Xu <A HREF="mailto:47xu@cua.edu">mailto:47xu@cua.edu</A>
<BR>-----------------------------------------------------
<BR>Imagine the moment your lovers/friends receive a electric
<BR>greeting card from you.
<P> 100,000 colorful cards to choose from. Fit in well
<BR> with birthdays, friendship, love, new year's day,
<BR> and even weddings. Try it out today.
<P>URL: <A HREF="http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/greeting.htm">http://www.campus.cua.edu/~47xu/greeting.htm</A>
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