Anti-Indonesian sentiment or Indonesiaphobia refers to negative feelings, discrimination and hatred towards Indonesia, Indonesians, and Indonesian culture.

Origins

China

Racial

discrimination against Chinese Indonesians Discrimination against people of Chinese descent in Indonesia has been carried out since the time of the Dutch East India Company. Serious violence against Chinese people has occurred at irregular intervals since 1740, when the soldiers of the D ...

had led to several protests in China against Indonesia.

Australia

Human rights problem

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and

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government strongly condemned excessive punishment and executions of Chan and Sukumaran. Australians called for Bali boycott to save

Bali Nine The Bali Nine were nine Australians convicted for attempting to smuggle of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2005. The heroin was valued at around 4 million and was bound for Australia. Ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were ...

East Timor problem

Despite the Australian government originally supporting Jakarta's policies, the East Timor issue created anti-Indonesian sentiment throughout the Australian community.

Papua problem

Some Papuans and their supporters opined that

Act of Free Choice The Act of Free Choice ( id, Penentuan Pendapat Rakyat, PEPERA, Determination of the People's Opinion) was a controversial plebiscite held between 14 July and 2 August 1969 in which 1,025 people selected by the Indonesian military in Western New ...

did not follow New York Agreement. Even though Western New Guinea was previously part of the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

, they considered the governance of Papua and West Papua by Indonesia "illegal" since then. They demand a fresh independence referendum, however, Indonesia oppresses Papuans who demand independence or referendum.

Malaysia

Due to the infamous

Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (also known by its Indonesian / Malay name, ''Konfrontasi'') was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the Federation of ...

of 1963, and the following up of cultural and political controversies, there is an anti-Indonesian sentiment spreading among the Malaysian population. In 1963, shortly after Indonesia invaded

British Borneo British Borneo comprised the four northern parts of the island of Borneo, which are now the country of Brunei, two Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan. During the British colonial rule before Worl ...

, Malayans went into a series of anti-Indonesian protests. During the

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match between two countries, Indonesian fans' violent reaction after the home team suffered a shock 2–3 loss to rival Malaysia, had led to anti-Indonesian to be stemmed again in the game.

Others

In June 2024, user Indian Love posted anti-Indonesian and Islamophobic comments on the South Korean diaspora forum website Indosarang, causing national outrage.

References

{{Discrimination Indonesia Indonesia Foreign relations of Indonesia