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Reason
High quality scans of an early example of this (now discontinued) form of Indonesian identity card. The law was passed in 1971; this card dates to 1973. The Surat Bukti Kewarganegaraan Republik Indonesia (SBKRI) was ostensibly required for all Indonesians of foreign descent, but in practice only enforced for ethnic Chinese. Without such a card, Chinese Indonesians would have difficulty making passports, ID cards, registering births, or otherwise dealing with the government. A law invalidating its use was passed in 1996 and reaffirmed in 1999, but in 2008 Kompas was still reporting Indonesian citizens of Chinese descent being asked for it.
Articles in which this image appears
Proof of Citizenship of the Republic of Indonesia; obverse is used in another article
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Ministry of Domestic Affairs of Indonesia; scanned and digitally de-gunked by  — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:26, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]