An Indian expatriate is arrested for insulting the nation and sparking patriotic amok in Batam.

Calls for disbanding of the Satpol PP after violence at Tanjung Priok harbour in Jakarta.

A smouldering civil war among the elites, Army power plays, and Chinese scapegoats.

The shame of Indonesian football, Bonek, Persebaya Surabaya supporters, run amok.

Islamic solidarity with the people of Xinjiang, or not, condemning, and getting along with China.

Sectarian violence over classroom blasphemy allegations in the Central Moluccas near Ambon.

Spew looks back on the May 1998 riots and the issues of mass rapes, anti-Chinese sentiment, and how the rioters came to be judged.