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Banjarmasin riot of May 1997
The Banjarmasin riot of May 1997 took place on 23 May 1997 on the last day of the election campaign for the Indonesian legislative election, 1997. In strongly Islamic Banjarmasin, supporters of the PPP were aggrieved by perceived abuses of power by the ruling Golkar party. After Friday prayers, thousands of people attacked supporters heading to a Golkar rally.
The ensuing violence resulted in the killing of several Golkar supporters, as well as attacks on the interests of big businesses, Christians, and the Chinese
Anti-Chinese riots
Anti-Chinese riots could refer to: 
- May 1998 riots of Indonesia
- Banjarmasin riot of May 1997
- Pacific Coast race riots of 1907
- Snake River Massacre (1887)
- Vancouver anti-Chinese riots, 1886
- Seattle riot of 1886
- Tacoma riot of 1885
- Rock Springs massacre (1885)
- San Francisco riot of 1877
- Chinese massacre of 1871
- 1740 Batavia massacre
- 13 May incident