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EXAMPLES

  • PP 10/1959 , which forced Indonesian Chinese to close their businesses by 1 January 1960 and relocate in urban areas.

  • Presidium Directive 127/U/Kep/12/1966 that explicitly requires Indonesian Chinese to adopt Indonesian-sounding Names .

  • Cabinet Presidium Instruction No. 37/U/IN/6/1967 , which prohibits further residency or work permits to new Chinese immigrants, their wives, or children; freezing any capital raised by "foreigners" in Indonesia; closure of "foreign" schools except for diplomatic corps and their families; the number of Indonesian students must be the majority and in proportion to "foreigners" in any state schools; and that implementation of the "Chinese issue" will henceforth be the responsibility of the minister for political affairs.

  • Presidential Instruction No. 14/1967 ( Inpres No. 14/1967 ) on Chinese Religion, Beliefs, and Traditions, which effectively ban any Chinese literatures and cultures in Indonesia, including the prohibition of Chinese characters. Although Chinese names are not explicitly mentioned, "newly naturalized" Indonesian Chinese were strongly advised to do so. (Annulled by former president Abdurrahman Wahid in Keppres No. 6/2000 ; annulment supported by former president Megawati Soekarnoputri in Keppres No 19/2002 by declaring Chinese New Year as national holiday)

  • Resolution of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly no. 32, 1966 ( TAP MPRS No. 32/1966 ) expressly bans the use of Chinese characters in public.

  • Presidium Directive No. 240/1967 ( Inpres No. 240/1967 ) which mandates assimilation of "foreigners" and support the previous directive of 127/U/Kep/12/1966 for Indonesian Chinese to adopt Indonesian-sounding names.

  • Home Affairs Ministry No. 455.2-360/1988 on Regulation of Temples, which effectively and severely restrict building or repairing Chinese temples.

  • Circular of the Director General for Press and Graphics Guidance in the Ministry of Information No. 02/SE/Ditjen-PPGK/1988 , which further restrict the usage of Chinese language and/or characters.

  • Instruction of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. X01/1977 on Implementing Instructions for Population Registration and the confidential instructions No. 3.462/1.755.6 of the Jakarta government January 28, 1980 both authorize special codes in national identification cards to indicate ethnic Chinese origin. The code was "A01" Prefix .

  • Cabinet Presidium Circular SE-06/Pres-Kab/6/1967 on Changing the Term China and Chinese, requires the usage of the term "Cina" (which is considered a derogatory term by many Chinese Indonesians) instead of "Tionghoa" (as ethnic Chinese refer to themselves).



CURRENT PRACTICE

Although some of this legislation has been revoked or is no longer applicable, much of it still persists in practice, such as the requirement of Indonesian Chinese to possess nationalization or repatriarchization certificates in order to obtain legal documents.


EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://hukumonline.com/detail.asp?id=10607&cl=Kolom

  • http://www.komisihukum.go.id/article_opinion.php?mode=detil&id=94

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