Sultan Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta at an anti-Suharto protest. Photo: Reuters
Sultan Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta at an anti-Suharto protest. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Why are ethnic Chinese still being denied land in Indonesia?

Twenty years since the fall of Suharto, a sultanate clings to colonial era notions and a ban on ‘non natives’ owning land – raising questions as to whether the country has laid to rest its dark past of racial and religious tensions