President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto" id="mwAZU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Suharto">Suharto</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" id="mwAZY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> resigns following the killing of students from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisakti_shootings" id="mwAZc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Trisakti shootings">Trisakti University</a> earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta" id="mwAZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a> against his ongoing corrupt rule.