A Catholic mother prays for an end to Indonesia s other pandemic Maria Catarina Sumarsih s faith gives her strength as she seeks justice for her son s death more than 20 years ago
Maria Catarina Sumarsih, the mother of a university student who was killed during riots in Jakarta in 1998, stands in front of the state palace in Jakarta. (Photo supplied)
Maria Catarina Sumarsih keeps hoping that she will win justice for her son s death more than 20 years ago.
Every Thursday since 2007, the 69-year-old mother usually stands holding a black umbrella with the families of other victims in front of the state palace in Jakarta in the so-called Aksi Kamisan (Thursday rally) to demand the government resolve human rights violations.