Racist attitude of PDI-P legislator

The rash denunciation by a legislator of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) of another legislator, Alvin Lie, during a recent hearing with directors of PT Jamsostek with the word keturunan or "descendant" is considered abusive by Chinese Indonesians.

Keturunan is, as a matter of fact, a euphemism for "China", the derogatory word for Chinese. The racist attitude of the legislator has, in effect, cost PDI Perjuangan dearly, with the loss of the long held sympathy of Chinese Indonesians.

LIEM SIAN TIE

Jakarta