wHaT i waNna sHaRe bOuT…

[copied from sist.Sinta Nababan's blog]

*REMEMBERING 1998

   

In the May 13-15 riots in Jakarta, Indonesia, there were mass rapes of  ethnic Chinese woman  who range in age from 10 to 55.

I am pretty sure y’all… My fellow indonesian familiar with the story.

I still remember… its very cruel cruel and violent things to do.

Yellow? Talking about Raping and Killing here!

Anyways ….

here’s some  story   from one of the victim itself and i would like to share with you all!

I find the story from here !  Here’s goes the story…

     "LET’S BUTCHER THE CHINESE"

Name: Vivian  (not real)
Age: 18
Sex: Female. Vivian has a little sister and a brother.

           She lives in an apartment with her family.

At 9.15 am, a huge crowd had gathered around the apartment.

They screamed, "Let’s butcher the Chinese!", "Let’s eat pigs!", "Let’s have a party!"
"Let’s
butcher the Chinese!"  We lived on the 7th floor, and we got a call
from a family who lived on the 3rd floor that the crowd had reached the
second floor.

They even chased some occupants upstairs. We were all very frightened.
Inside, we heard girls, whose age around 10-12, screaming,

"Mommy… Mommy…" "Mom… Mom… it hurts.."

In our fright, we prayed and
left everything in God’s hands. Afterward, we left our room and went
upstairs to the topmost floor, as it was impossible to go downstairs.
We got to the 15th floor, and stayed there with one of our
acquaintances.

Not long afterward, we were
surprised because there were some of the crowd coming out of the
elevator right before we entered the room. We hurried into the room and
locked the door tight.

At that time, we heard them
knocked the other rooms’ doors loudly, and there were screams from
women and girls. The room was filled with fear.

That time I didn’t know what was happening.

After about half an hour,
the noise diminished, and we had some guts to go out and check. It was
indescribable. A lot, some of them girls, young girls, lay on the floor.

"O my God, what has happened?" Seeing all of this, my little sister, Veny, screamed hysterically and hugged father.

Tears started coming down
from my eyes. With our acquaintances, a newly-wed couple, we started
going downstairs. Reaching the 10th floor, we heard a scream for help.
The scream was very clear, and we decided to go down and see.

But as we turned, we saw a
lot of people. I saw a woman in her 20s being raped by four men. She
tried to fight, but she was held tight. Realizing the danger, we ran
with all our might. But unfortunately, the mob caught Veny. We tried to
rescue her, but we had to give up.

There were around 60 of them. They tied us–I, my father, my mother, Veny, Dony, Uncle Dodi, Aunt Vera–with ripped sheet.

They led us to a room. Uncle
Dodi asked what they wanted, but they didn’t answer. They cast an evil
and savage look. One of them grabbed Veny rudely and dragged her to a
sofa. At that time, I knew that she was in danger.

I screamed loudly, and one of the mob slapped me. My father who also screamed was hit by a wooden block, and he fainted.

My mother had fainted when Veny was dragged to the sofa. I could only pray and pray that the disaster would not befall us…

Uncle Dodi kept trying to
persuade them by offering money, but the effort was fruitless. And in
the end they forcedly raped Veny.

Not able to stand all of this anymore, I cried and closed my eyes.

There were about 5 people who raped Veny, and before beginning, everyone always said, "Allahu akbar" (and Islamic phrase in Arabic, meaning "God is the greatest").

They were ferocious, brutal.

Not long afterward, around 9
men came to the room and dragged me. I also had a chance to see them
forcing and dragging Aunt Vera.  But, I instantly fainted and everything was blank.

After I fainted, 7 people raped me.

At that time my father still
couldn’t see well after being hit with the block. They raped me by
rolling my body and hit it against the wall.

I became conscious at around 5 or 6 in the afternoon.

My head was in pain, and
then I realized that I had no clothes on my body. I cried. I was very
depressed. I realized that my family were still there,  and obscurely I
saw my father hugged my mother and Dony.

I also saw that Uncle Dodi was lying on the floor, and Aunt Vera was crying over his body.

I felt so weak, and fainted again.

The next day, I was in the Pluit Hospital. My mother and father were beside me.

With all the pains on my
body, I asked, "Mom, why Veny, Mom?" I felt a stinging pain as I said
those words. I felt my cheek swollen. My mother instantly cried and
couldn’t speak any words, while my father, holding his tears, managed
to smile.

After 4 days in treatment,
my condition started getting better. With a sad look, my father then
told me what happened. After I fainted, 7 people raped me.

At that time my father still
couldn’t see well after being hit with the block. They raped me by
rolling my body and hit it against the wall.

Then, my father said to me, "Vin, Veny has gone…"

I was confused and instantly cried loudly. "Why, Dad???" My father didn’t answer. He told me to rest and went out of the room.

I cried over and over again, feeling that my life is worthless anymore.

A week ago, after I had been able to gone home, I was told everything that happened.

When she was raped, Veny kept fighting, and so she was slapped repeatedly by her rapists. The last time she fought, Veny spitted on one of them. Offended, the man grabbed a knife and stabbed it to Veny’s stomach. Brutally, he did it repeatedly until Veny drew her last breath with blood all over her.

After I heard the story, I
was shocked. My father then said that Uncle Dodi had the same fate,
watched by Aunt Vera who is also a victim of the rape. God… why
should all of this happen?

Now Aunt Vera stays in her parents’ house, accompanied by her sister.

According to what the sister said, she is still shocked. Her face is blank, and often she refuses to eat.

Almost every hour, my mother
and I cry over this tragedy. I couldn’t ever forget it. No matter what,
they (the mob) are uncivilized people who have no sense of humanity.

  ~The End~