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A better read about what happened in Jakarta on 30 September 1965: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_September_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Septembe

A better read about what happened in Jakarta on 30 September 1965: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_September_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_September_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_19... It remains quite unclear what exactly triggered the events, but Suharto at the very least exploited the hell out of them.

raihansaputra 6y ago
Unclear is an understatement. The Suharto-government produced "G30S/PKI" is still broadcasted every September 30th to sustain the propaganda/story that justified the mass killings. What recently (a few years ago) came up was the US had a diplomatic wire that had a list of the dated a few days/weeks before the incident. It is suspected that this list was initial "hit-list". "The US Embassy supplied the army with a list of thousands of PKI cadres for targeting." http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/news-events/all-stories/indonesia-30-september-1965-mystery-continues http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/news-events/all-stories/indone... For a modern documentary that's definitely very chilling about the "killers" of those mass killings, check out The Act of Killing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Act_of_Killing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Act_of_Killing
- spacechild1 6y ago
  “The act of killing“ is a truely impressive and disturbing movie!