Just got this forwarded msg from my mail.
My name is Vivian, and I am 18 years old. I have a
little sister and brother. As a family we live in what
is supposed to be a secure apartment. At 9.15 am,
May 14th, 1999 a huge crowd had gathered around
our apartment. They screamed, "Butcher the
Chinese! Let's eat pigs! Lets have a party!" We live
of the 7th floor and we got a call from a family on
the 3rd floor saying that the crowd had reached the
2nd floor. They even chased some occupants
upstairs. We were all very frightened. In our fright
we prayed and left everything in God's hands.
Afterward we left our room and went upstairs to the
top floor, as it was impossible to go downstairs and
escape. We got to the 15th floor and stayed with
some friends. Not long afterwards we were
surprised because some of the crowd coming out
of the elevators right before we entered the room.
We hurried into the room and locked it tightly. At
that time we heard them knock at the other rooms
loudly and there were some screams from women
and girls. Our room was filled with fear. We
realized they could come to us. So we spread
throughout the room hiding in the corners. We
could hear girls of 10 to 12 years
screaming, "Mommy, mommy...mom...mom...it
hurts." That time I didn't know that these little girls
were being raped. 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 young girls, were lying on the floor. Oh my
God, what has happened? Seeing all of this we
screemed and little sister Fenny, screamed
histerically and hugged her father. Tears started
coming down from my eyes. With our friends, 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 4
men. She tried fight back but she was held down
tightly. Realizing the danger we ran as hard as we
could. But unfortunately the mob caught Fenny.
We tried to rescue her, but could not do anything.
There were about 60 of them. They tied us up with
ripped sheets, myself, my father, my mother,
Fenny, Donny, Uncle Dodi and my Aunt Vera.
They led us to a room. Uncle Dodi asked what they
wanted, but they did not reply. They looked evil and
savage. One of them grabbed Fenny roughly and
dragged her to a sofa. At that time I knew she was
in great danger. I screamed loudly but one of the
mob slapped me in my face. My father who also
screamed was hit with a piece of wood and he
fainted. My mother has fainted when Fenny was
dragged to the sofa. I could only pray and pray that
disaster would not befall us. Uncle Dodi kept trying
to stop them by offering money. His efforts were
fruitless. And in the end 5 people raped Fenny.
Before beginning with the raping they always said
Allahu Akbar!(an islamic phrase in arabic meaning
God is great!)They were ferocius and brutal. Not
long afterward, around 9 men came to the room
and dragged me. I also saw them forcing and
dragging my Aunt Vera. But at that time I passed
out and everything blank. I became conscious at
around 5 or 6pm. My head was hurting and I
realized I had no clothing on my body. I cried and
realized my family was still there. My father was
hugging my mother and little brother Doni. I also
saw uncle Dodi 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
father and mother were beside me. With all the
pains on my body I asked, "Mom, where is Fenny?
Mom?" I felt a stinging pain as I said these words.
My cheeks were swollen. My mother cried again
and couldn't speak any words, while my father,
holding back his tears,managed to smile at me.
After 4 days in treatment, my condition has
improved. With a sad look, my father told me then
what had happened. After I fainted 7 people raped
me. At that time my father still couldn't see well
after being hit with a piece of wood.
They raped me repeatedly. Then my father
said "Vivian, Fenny is gone..." I was confused and
cried out, "Why Dad?" My father couldn't answer.
He told me to rest and went out of the room. I cried
over and over again,feeling that my life had no
meaning any more. A week ago, after I was
released from the hospital I was told everything that
had happend. When Fenny was raped she kept on
fighting and so he was repeatedly slapped by her
rapists. The last time she fought Fenny spitted on
one of them. Offended, the man grabbed a knife
and stabbed Fenny's stomach over and over again.
Finally she died with blood over her whole body.
My father told me that uncle Dodi had the same
fate watched by Aunt Vera who was also raped.
My aunt Vera now stays with her parents. She is in
shock. Her face is blank and refuses to eat.
Almost every hour my mother and I cry over all
these happenings. I can never. These mobs of
people are uncivilized monsters.The scariest part
about all these is that most of the girls and women
were raped by soldiers, whose jobs were to control
the chaos. Some were raped by commoners, the
rest by demonstraters (most of whom are university
students). Most of the victims were raped by a
minimum of 3 men.The victims ages ranged from
10 to 55. Most of the victims were raped in front of
friends or family.Some were thrown into burning
buildings after being raped (these were often
witnessed by family and friends). Most them
committed suicide. The rest of the surviving victims
are divided into these sections, admitted into
mental institutions,fear of public places, fear of
anyone male, did not report to authorities. The list
goes on and on. Please forward this Yellow Ribbon
to all friends around the world to show our soladirity
and sympathy for the victims of the riots and chaos
in Indonesia last May 13-15. Let us all remember
them in our prayers. Because of their race, many
Chinese Indonesian were abused, tortured and
killed. Their houses and stores were looted and
burnt. Hundreds of Chinese Indonesian girls/women
(aged 10-55)were sexually harassed and gang
raped brutally.Some victims were even raped in
front of their family members or in front of inhuman
cheering crowd. Some of them were even thrown
into the fire and burnt to death after being raped.
Yet, not many actions seem to have been taken to
investigate all this or to help the victims. And not
every many people seem to know or care about
what happened. Please pass this ribbon around as
the symbol of campaign.
but if flt sorry for them