Indonesia - Airlift following riots

(16 May 1998) T/I: 10:00:30


Thousands of foreigners and Indonesians were on Saturday (16/5) trying to flee riot-torn Jakarta after several days of mob violence. The capital was calm. Most businesses remained closed. Armed marines guarded many buildings. Troops were also guarding embassies and diplomatic compounds. Several tanks were stationed in strategic parking lots. More than 2,000 US and Canadian citizens gathered in the early hours at Jakarta's international airport to be airlifted to safety on board special flights to Bangkok and Singapore. The capital descended into anarchy on Wednesday and Thursday when mobs went on a rampage of burning and looting after Tuesday's killing of six students by police.

SHOWS:

JAKARTA, INDONESIA 16/05
WS rubble in street;
MS people in Chinatown street;
VS burnt building;
People in street;
VS damaged goods;
Pan across interior destroyed building;
MS people with boxes of goods, removing stock from shops before it's looted;
MS carrying goods;
WS soldiers in line in downtown Jakarta;
MS tanks towards camera;
WS exterior Halam airport;
CU departures sign at airport;
VS people waiting at airport;
VOXPOP man (in English): "My company is evacuating several of its employees to Singapore. We'll wait there to see what happens here in Jakarta and in Indonesia and next week we'll make the decision to either go back to work or go back to the United States and wait this thing out";
Pan across interior terminal;
MS woman with baby;
CU baby;
VOXPOP man (in English) "We arrived here from West Africa which has its own ups and downs - we expected to some to a lovely place the people are so nice we said goodbye to the household staff - it was very sad - I really feel bad for the country you know";
Tilt down luggage to people waiting;
MS people waiting;
WS exterior hospital;
VS relatives identifying bodies;
WS body bags;
MS woman looking;
MS bodies on trolleys in hospital corridor;
MS relatives;
Pan to bags;
WS carrying coffin in burial;
WS funeral procession down street;
VS procession;
WS street scene;
WS people in market;
VS people in food market;
CU food;
Tilt down burnt exterior department store building;
MS charred exteriors;
WS people looking at scene;
MS onlookers;
Pan across crowd and debris;
MS soldier near charred exteriors;
MS burnt out room;
Pan across burnt exterior;
WS exterior;
VOXPOP man, in Indonesian: "People are running out of patience and starting to explode";
VS Chinese shopkeeper and family sifting through debris for shop goods;
VOXPOP Chinese shopkeeper (in English): "I"m very sad and I hope the situation back to normal again as soon as possible";
WS people gathered;
MS people gathered at Chinatown;
VOXPOP, in Indonesian: "Because of the monetary crisis, I ask President Suharto to step down";
WS soldiers in line;
MS man digging in rubble of building;
WS street;
MS tank on street.

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