The following is a template for all Indonesian Chinese who is currently in the States.
Please send this out to the UN to get their immediate attention in this matter.
Forward this template around.
Its time for us to fight back !.

Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
8-14 avenue de la Paix CH 1211
Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax Number: (41 22)9170213

May 21, 1998

Dear Ms. Robinson:

We'd like to raise our voice about the human rights abuses happening now in Indonesia. As Indonesians whose ethnic origin is Chinese, we're deeply shaken by the countless Chinese-Indonesians like us who are terrorized and abused, beaten by the mobs and facing death in the rioting cities of Indonesia.

We're now in America and most of our family members are there. We must speak up to represent them since majority of them are unable to voice the injustice they don't deserve. Their voices are silenced by the violence and uncertainty that faces Indonesian's dangerous future.

In recent weeks, ethnic Chinese in Indonesia have been the target of violent, inhuman, and degrading attacks including rape. Their property has been looted and destroyed. And their lives are in serious danger.

They are a minority ethnic Chinese who can't defend themselves. They have been harassed and kicked out from the country, but they are Indonesian citizens.

They don't have any countries to go to. Currently the Indonesian's government can't provide any live protection to its own citizens, especially to the ethnic

Chinese who always became a "scapegoat". We hope, in writing this letter, we can shine some light on the deeply troubling seriousness of this situation and most important, we hope to inspire action by the UN to send humanitarian aid and peace-keeping troops. By sending policing troops to Indonesia now, lives can be saved and tragedy can be averted while the unstable economic condition has a chance to ease and turn around.

We're in contact with friends and family members daily. We hear stories of rape, murder, property distraction, and deep, deep fear. Chinese people living in Indonesia, even those who have lived there for three and four generations, fear for their lives. The government isn't providing protection. And often, when soldiers are present, they do nothing to stop the violence and abuse leveled on the Chinese. Please take action. Send aid and troops now, while managing the situation is within reach. Act now, before it's too late. Act now before social unrest becomes civil war and genocide.

Thank you on behalf of the ethnic Chinese of Indonesia who live in the United State. We pray that if we're united, we can defeat hate and senseless killing.

Please help us.

Sincerely,

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