A growing number of Chinese Indonesians are winning political offices  

FILE - Ethnic-Chinese Indonesians wait to cast their votes at a polling station during the final-round of the Jakarta governor election in Jakarta on April 19, 2017. FILE - Ethnic-Chinese Indonesians wait to cast their votes at a polling station during the final-round of the Jakarta governor election in Jakarta on April 19, 2017.

This October, 45-year-old Kevin Wu will serve in the Jakarta House of Regional Representatives for the first time, becoming part of a minority of ethnic Chinese elected officials in the Indonesian legislative body. Wu has been a staunch advocate for Chinese-Indonesian rights since 2008 and helped to establish a Buddhist house of worship in the predominantly Muslim country. Now, he is an entrepreneur who advocates for small businesses.