Ethnic Chinese Indonesians

Ethnic Chinese Indonesians

It concerns me that in spite of very recent events, you would
publish such an offensive and factually incorrect letter as that
from Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, May 30.

To say that ethnic Chinese Indonesians are somehow to blame
for being attacked recently because of their siege mentality is
to defy logic. More than that, it encourages ignorance and
prejudice, which result in real victimization. It seeks to
justify looters.

Sumarsono is quite wrong and Chen Hsueh Chuang (May 23) is
right -- ethnic Chinese Indonesians did fight against the Dutch
alongside their brothers.

PETER FANNING

Jakarta