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Res Publica University also known as Universitas Res Publica (Ureca) was an Indonesian university founded in
Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
in 1960. It was sponsored by the group
Baperki The Consultative Council for Indonesian Citizenship (), often known by its Indonesian abbreviation Baperki, was an organization founded in Indonesia in 1954 by Indonesians of Chinese descent. It stood in the 1955 Indonesian legislative election, w ...
(Badan Permusjawaratan Kewarganegaraan Indonesia), an organization mainly of Indonesian citizens of Chinese descent including members of the
Indonesian Communist Party The Communist Party of Indonesia ( Indonesian: ''Partai Komunis Indonesia'', PKI) was a communist party in the Dutch East Indies and later Indonesia. It was the largest non-ruling communist party in the world before its violent disbandment in ...
(PKI). The university was established in response to ethnic quotas on university enrollment implemented in the 1950s. After a coup attempt in Indonesia, the Res Publica campus was attacked by anti-communists in 1965.Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Blurring Borders, Changing Balance
by Anthony Welch pages 33, 34Academic Freedom in Indonesia: Dismantling Soeharto-era Barriers
by Joseph Saunders, Human Rights Watch pages 15, 16 Students barricaded themselves in the college of technology building, which was burned down by the attackers along with the rest of the campus. A new private HEI, Trisakti, was established on the site and many of the former students are barred from entry due to alleged Communist ties.


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Chinese Indonesians Chinese Indonesians (), or simply ''Orang Tionghoa'' or ''Tionghoa'', are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are the fourth largest community of Overseas Chinese in th ...


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