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Political Islam on rise in Indonesia a decade after Suharto: analysts
2008-05-20 11:47:00 A DECADE after the fall of the Suharto leadership in Indonesia, democracy is providing fertile ground for the growth of political Islam in the world's most populous Muslim country, analysts said. As the country prepares to remember Suharto's 32 years in power on the 10th anniversary of his resignation on Wednesday, many see the rising strength of political Islam as a defining characteristic of Indonesia's reborn democracy. 'Political Islam has become one of the most important factors in shaping the future of Indonesia after the fall of Suharto,' Airlangga University political analyst Daniel Sparingga said. They cite the spread of strict Wahabbist teachings in Islamic schools, the debate among mainstream Islamic parties about sharia law and women's rights, and vigilante campaigns against 'immodesty' as causes for concern. But others say the real gains for Islam in Indonesian politics since Suharto have been at the moderate centre, not the fanatical fringe. ...
Major progress since Suharto, says vice-president
2008-05-20 01:43:00 Indonesia has made significant progress in advancing democracy, decentralisation and press freedom since the fall of former President Suharto ten years ago, according to Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla."Many things have changed, but these three are surely the most important," said Kalla in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI).Suharto was forced to resign on 21 May 1998 after widespread protests partly triggered by a fuel price hike.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesia sues Suharto son Tommy over carmaker sale
2008-05-05 17:07:00 Indonesian prosecutors said on Monday they had were suing former President Suharto's youngest son for more than $400 million over a business deal involving his failed national car project.The attorney general's office, acting on behalf of the finance ministry, seeks 4 trillion rupiah ($439 million) in damages from Hutomo Mandala Putra Suharto, usually known as Tommy, and his companies, which include PT Humpuss.PT Timor Putra Nasional, set up by Tommy Suharto to build Indonesia's national car, defaulted on its loans to Indonesian state banks after the 1997-98 financial crisis.But in 2003, Timor's assets were sold to a little-known company called Vista Bella Pratama.The sale was a breach of Indonesia's regulations as both the seller and buyer were controlled by the same individual, Tommy Suharto, prosecutor Dachmer Munthe told Reuters.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Suharto foundation ordered to pay $110M
2008-03-27 08:54:00 A charitable foundation set up by the late Indonesian dictator Suharto was ordered Thursday to pay $110 million to the government in a ruling on a civil case intended to claw back funds allegedly stolen from the state during his rule.The figure is 25% of the sum that state prosecutors were seeking in missing funds.The court rejected a separate damages claim of $1.1 billion.Judges made it clear in their ruling that money must be paid by the foundation Suharto set up, not the family of the late dictator.Nevertheless, Judge Wahyono ruled that "Suharto and his foundation broke government rules" by siphoning off some its funds to companies linked to the dictator, who died in January at the age of 86.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesia court orders Suharto heirs to defend graft case
2008-02-12 08:13:00 A $1.5 billion civil suit against former Indonesian President Suharto for graft must now be defended by one of his six children following his death last month, a Jakarta district court said on Tuesday.On Tuesday, the presiding judge at the court ordered the prosecutor to summon one of Suharto's six children, who according to Muslim custom are all considered to be his heirs, as a defendant so that the graft case could resume. Prosecutor Dachmer Munthe said the state had not decided who would take Suharto's place as defendant, but that all three daughters and all three sons would be summoned to a court hearing next week. "Suharto's death will not affect the proceedings of this case in any way. The law clearly says if the defendant died, his heir will be summoned to continue the case," Munthe told reporters. Suharto was ousted in 1998 amid political and economic chaos. While he is credited by many for pulling millions of Indonesians out of poverty, his rule was also marr...
Passings: Suharto: DEATH OF A KEMUSU THUG
2008-02-08 01:58:00 A few minutes after hearing that former president Suharto had died in his hospital bed, Marco, a militia leader in downtown Jakarta, raced to Suharto's house, wearing his jungle camouflage and began guarding the Suharto's residence on Cendana Street."It's a huge loss. His death left me bereft. I immediately flew a half-mast flag in front of my house," Marco said, adding that he used mobile phones to send the news to his colleagues.Fitullah, another militiaman, said, :We came here because of our conscience. If we waited for instructions, it was not fast enough."More than 300 militia members, in addition to soldiers of the Kopassus special command, lined Cendana Street to pay their last respects to their patriarch. "He was the patron of our organization," said Marco.Like most Javanese, Marco and Fitullah use only one name. They are members of the Pemuda Pancasila, or the Pancasila Youth, a grassroots organization whose members are mostly thugs. "We have around 11 millions members,"...
Indonesian magazine sorry for Suharto's Last Supper cover
2008-02-07 06:58:00 JAKARTA (Reuters) - A leading Indonesian magazine has apologised to Christians for depicting former President Suharto and his family in an image parodying Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper in the cover of its latest edition. Weekly magazine Tempo's cover showed a sketch of Suharto, who died at 86 last month, sitting at a table surrounded by his children in a parody of the last meal Jesus had with his disciples as depicted in Da Vinci's painting. Christian activists visited Tempo's building on Tuesday to protest the cover which they said compared Suharto to Jesus. "For anything unseemly related to the publication of the cover, I, on behalf of the Tempo group, apologise," the magazine's chief editor, Toriq Hadad, said in a statement run on its Web site, www.tempointeraktif.com. He said the image, used to illustrate a cover story titled "After He is Gone," was inspired by Da Vinci's painting and was not intended to refer to a biblical event. Ha said t...
By: B4U India
Tempo magazine apologises over Last Supper Suharto cover
2008-02-06 08:03:00 ONE of Indonesia's top news weeklies apologised about the cover of its latest issue, which depicts Mr Suharto and his children in a composition mimicking Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. The cover for the 4-10 February edition featured a sketch of former president Suharto, who died last month, taking Jesus Christ's central place at a table surrounded by his three daughters and sons instead of apostles, triggering complaints from Christians.'We had no intention of hurting Christians. We were only inspired by the composition of the Leonardo painting, and not in the concept or context of the event told in the holy bible,' Tempo chief editor Toriq Hadad said in the apology on Wednesday.Photo of coverIndonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesians protest push to make Suharto hero
2008-02-04 05:14:00 JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian activists held a protest in central Jakarta on Sunday to protest against calls to make former president Suharto a national hero, a week after the death of the leader who ruled with an iron fist for 32 years. Suharto, who was ousted in 1998 amid political and economic chaos, died last Sunday at the age of 86 of multiple organ failure. Supporters of the late former general, including members of Indonesia's largest political party Golkar, want him to be declared a national hero for his contributions to the nation, while opponents say he does not deserve such an accolade. "We held this protest to refuse the calls for the hero title for Suharto as he committed a lot of human rights violations when he was a president," said Mustar, an activist. He was among a group of about 50 people from an organisation representing families who said they had suffered rights abuses under Suharto. During the protest at a central Jakarta square, 1,000 mock ...
By: B4U India
Opinion: U.S. must atone for aiding Suharto
2008-02-03 11:32:00 The death of Suharto, the strongman who ruled Indonesia for more than three decades, is cause for reflection in the United States, particularly as Americans choose our next president and wrestle with the question of our nation's proper role in the world.Countless atrocities marked Suharto's rule, and his legacy scars Indonesia's politics as well as the social fabric of neighboring East Timor, which his regime violently annexed. But the United States backed those crimes and, like Indonesia, has never taken responsibility - which has made it that much easier for the Bush administration to strengthen ties with the country's brutal military under the guise of fighting terrorism.The U.S. embassy in Indonesia encouraged and lauded the military's actions in the 1965-66 killings' early stages. It supplied radio equipment and small arms, and gave the army thousands of names of Communist Party members. In the case of the Dec. 7, 1975, East Timor invasion, President Gerald Ford and Secre...
Suharto: 'One of the greatest mass murderers of the 20th century'
2008-02-03 02:27:00 When I was five or six, the Indonesian dictator Suharto, who died last week, came to Rome for a state visit. My Indonesian mother and I were summoned to the embassy to pay homage. But when it came time for photographs, and Suharto picked me up, I shouted for him to put me down, and began punching him while he awkwardly kept smiling. I called out that he was a ?uomo cattivo?, a bad man.Millions of Indonesians who thought the same would never have dared to say so aloud. Why did Suharto permit this? Because I am the American grandson of the founder of modern Indonesia, Sukarno. General Suharto overthrew him in a blood-soaked coup in 1965, covertly aided and enthusiastically abetted by the US, Britain and Australia. So I will not mourn Suharto. His death is some small measure of justice, far too late, for all those he killed during nearly 32 years as the absolute dictator of the world?s fourth most populous nation, and largest Muslim country...
Watchdog to compile Suharto crimes list
2008-01-31 01:03:00 THE Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights is expected to soon complete a study on human rights violations during the rule of former president Suharto, official media reported.?Even though he's dead, it doesn't mean that the cases are closed. We are continuing our study into those violations of human rights and this is expected to be completed in early March,? commission chairman Ifdhal Kasim was quoted as saying by the Antara news agency. ?(Suharto's human rights abuses) have to be investigated, so that the public knows that killing is illegal,? Mr Kasim said.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Suharto dies with blood on his hands - but did he really improve the lot of
2008-01-30 16:54:00 A lot of blood. More than 500,000 - perhaps close to a million - in the mid-1960s, as a result of a communist purge, which also targeted peasants. Then came the invasion of East Timor, which led to a loss of some 180,000 lives. There there were the tens of thousands of Indonesians killed in places like ...
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Washinton Reveals Alleged Corruption Involving Suharto
2008-01-30 16:35:00 Washington in fact did not use its influence to question cases of human rights violation, democracy and corruption involving Suharto when he ruled during the New Order era. This was revealed in tens of thousands of United States confidential documents regarding relations between Washington and Suharto between 1966 and1998. These documents were opened yesterday (29/1) based on ...
Hero Title for Suharto Rejected
2008-01-30 16:29:00 Soetardjo Soerjogoritno, House’s Deputy Chairman, has said that it would not be proper for the late former president Suharto to receive a national hero title. ?I disagree,? he said at the Parliament building, adding, ?Hero from where?? According to Soetardjo, the service Suharto had given was natural in line with his role and position. ?He was a soldier ...
Singing for Suharto: The Lasting Values of the Great and Good
2008-01-30 01:37:00 by Chris Floyd 1. One of the most bloodthirsty dictators of the 20th century – who killed up to a million of his own people, then ruthlessly raped a defenseless country, took it over and killed 200,000 more – died last week. The Bush Administation's reaction was swift, and entirely characteristic of a government that has devoted itself to the advancement of human liberty across the globe: They sang the mass murderer a hymn of praise. As Australia's Herald Sun reports: THE United States hailed former Indonesian president Suharto as a "historic figure" who "achieved remarkable economic development", in a statement released by its embassy in Jakarta. “President Suharto led Indonesia for over 30 years, a period during which Indonesia achieved remarkable economic and social development,” ambassador Cameron Hume said in the release.... Offering his condolences on behalf of the United States, Mr Hume praised Suharto for his close ties to the Un...
How Washington turned blind eye to Suharto terror
2008-01-30 01:10:00 The United States has declassified documents showing how it propped up ex- Indonesian leader Suharto, who died at the weekend, at the expense of democracy and human rights.Declassified on Monday following requests under a freedom of information law, they show Washington did not use its leverage to bring Suharto to account during his 32-year reign until his last months in office."One thing that is clear from the tens of thousands of pages of which we had declassified concerning US ties with Suharto from 1966 to 1998 - at no moment did US presidents ever exercise their maximum leverage over his regime to press for human rights or democratization," said Brad Simpson of the National Security Archive, a nongovernment research institute.The declassified documents include transcripts of Suharto's meetings with presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.They also mirrored US perceptions of Suharto from the earliest years of his violent rule...
Indonesia must not let Suharto legal case slide
2008-01-29 08:39:00 By Ed Davies NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia must not let the death of former president Suharto derail legal attempts to retrieve state assets from his family and inner circle, a prominent local lawyer and activist said on Monday. Suharto died on Sunday, aged 86. In the weeks before his death when he lay critically ill in hospital, Indonesians vigorously debated whether to pardon him for graft and human rights abuses during his three decades in power or push ahead with legal action against his family and friends. Critics say Suharto and his family amassed as much as $45 billion in kickbacks or deals. Transparency International put Suharto's assets at $15-$35 billion, or as much as 1.3 percent of gross domestic product. Suharto and his family always denied any wrongdoing. "The demise of Suharto should not release the kids and the cronies from any liability," Todung Mulya Lubis, chairman of Indonesia's Transparency International, said in an interview....
By: B4U India
Asia papers bid Suharto a frank, not fond farewell
2008-01-29 08:38:00 By Mark Bendeich KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Asian newspapers wrote a cold but grateful epitaph for Indonesia's former President Suharto on Monday, giving him credit for keeping the fractious nation intact but regretting that the task cost so much blood. Across Asia, dailies reacted to the news of the ex-general's death, from organ failure on Sunday, with a critical distance that was lacking from some of its press during his 86 years. In Southeast Asia, establishment press that had found it difficult to criticise Suharto in life found room in his death to explore the darker side of his 32-year reign, although some chose to do so through the pens of guest commentators. "Suharto's autocratic rule, over more than three decades, was marked by rampant corruption, cronyism and widespread human rights abuses," Malaysia's New Straits Times said in a front-page commentary alongside the banner headline: "A legacy divided". In a column in Singapore's pro-government S...
By: B4U India
Indonesia's Suharto to get state funeral in royal city
2008-01-29 07:44:00 JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's autocratic former president Suharto, whose legacy was marred by graft and human rights abuses during his 32 years in power, will be given a state funeral in the royal city of Solo on Monday. Suharto, who was ousted in 1998 amid social and economic chaos, died in hospital on Sunday aged 86 after suffering multiple organ failure. His body was due to be flown to Solo, in central Java, on Monday morning and buried at the Suharto family mausoleum at Giribangun, 35 km northeast of the city. National and regional figureheads including Malaysia's former prime minister Mathathir Mohammad are expected to attend the funeral. Suharto's admission to hospital in critical condition earlier this month sparked a national debate over his legacy. Some Indonesians argued that he should be pardoned, while others urged the state to press ahead with a civil suit against him for graft, and to consider legal proceedings for numerous human rights abuses. Despite hi...
By: B4U India
Indonesian press reaction to Suharto's death
2008-01-29 07:44:00 JAKARTA (Reuters) - The body of Indonesia's former president Suharto, whose legacy was marred by graft and human rights abuses during his 32 years in power, was taken from his house on Monday for a state funeral in the royal city of Solo. Suharto died on Sunday, aged 86, after suffering multiple organ failure. The following are some press reactions to Suharto's death from leading Indonesian newspapers. - - - - THE JAKARTA POST - THE OLD SOLDIER DIES We have lost a great leader who did so much in his time, including bringing political stability and economic prosperity to an otherwise impoverished nation. But we have also missed the opportunity to hold him responsible for the deaths and torture of thousands of people and for the legacy of the violent and corrupt political culture he left behind. - SUHARTO TAKES THREE MYSTERIES TO THE GRAVE How much did Major General Suharto know about the plot to kidnap and murder six of his peers in the Army on the night ...
By: B4U India
Former Indonesian President Suharto dead
2008-01-29 07:14:00 Former Indonesian President Suharto, who ruled the world's fourth-most populous country with an iron-fist for more than three decades, died on Sunday in Jakarta of multiple organ failure. He was 86. Muhamad Suharto died at about 1:10 p.m. (0610 GMT) at Pertamina Hospital in Jakarta. All of Suharto's children were present at his bedside when the former strongman died. Suharto died following a prolonged illness. According to reports, Suharto, who had lapsed into a coma after more than three weeks in hospital, had suffered multiple organ failure. Suharto was admitted to the hospital in critical condition on January 4 with anemia and a low heart rate. Suharto was President of Indonesia from 1967 until his resignation in 1998. He steered Indonesia through a period of economic improvement, was staunchly anti-Communist and drew his country closer to the West. Suharto was accused of being one of the 20th century's worst kleptocrats by amassing billion...
By: B4U India
My up close and personal with Suharto as a journalist
2008-01-29 03:08:00 Excerpts: I could boast that I knew Suharto very well, but to be honest, I am sure he did not know me at all. He always kept journalists at a distance. Journalists were rarely, if ever, given the opportunity to have conversations with him. We were allowed to shake hands with him every June 8 to mark his birthday, a few days after each Idul Fitri and whenever we traveled abroad with him.His wife Tien Suharto was more attentive to journalists. She often sent out food for us while we were waiting at their private residence. She was very influential, but after her death in 1995, Suharto often lost his cool. Suharto's children also became more spoilt after their mother's death. Pictures of people shaking hands with Suharto were believed to have "magical" power. Many businesspeople were happy to pay large sums of money to be photographed shaking hands with Suharto, because such photographs were very effective in terms of intimidating other people. Journalists were permitted to ask the f...
The Lure of Power
2008-01-28 23:54:00 We are plagued by a corrupt polity which promotes unlawful and/or immoral behavior. Public interest has no practical significance in everyday behavior among the ruling factions. The real problems of our world are no being confronted by those in power. In the guise of public service, they use whatever comes to hand for personal gain. ...
By: (Mis)readings
Suharto Is Mourned in Indonesia
2008-01-28 17:39:00 SOLO, Indonesia (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourned former dictator Suharto during his state funeral Monday, a striking display of affection for the U.S. Cold War ally whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing
By: Get rich
TLGOV: The President of the Republic on the death of Suharto
2008-01-28 14:44:00 The moment that ex-President Suharto left this world, one historical chapter is closed in Indonesia, in Timor-Leste, in our region and of the cold war. Suharto came into power in 1967, in the sequence of major internal unrrest in Indonesia in 1965/66. Hundreds and thousands of Indonesian citizens died and more than one hundred thousand were imprisoned. Millions of innocent Indonesian citizens were imprisoned and executed. Some were executed after more than 20 years spent in jail without trial.
Sukarno's widow refuses to forgive Suharto
2008-01-28 14:32:00 THE Japanese widow of Indonesia's founding president, Sukarno, has said she will never forgive his successor, Suharto, likening his repression to Pol Pot.Suharto was buried yesterday in a state funeral in central Java as Asian leaders praised his legacy.But Sukarno's third wife, Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno, said: "I don't want to lash out at a dead man but I cannot forgive Suharto."He was Indonesia's Pol Pot," she added, referring to the late leader of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge.Ms Dewi blamed Suharto for the death of her husband and for mass killings around the country. "Although he had a soft face, he could be cruel and heartless at the same time," she said. "You could not tell what he was like on the inside. What he said and what he did were two different things." Ms Dewi said many Indonesians still suffered from the cronyism and corruption of his 32-year leadership, adding he was lucky to have lived out his days among friends. Suharto seized power from Sukarno in 1966. M...
Suharto seen from Different Angles of Perspective
2008-01-28 13:39:00 Being 12,000 km away from Indonesia, I received the news of Suharto's at least 8 hours later. Yesterday, as Stuart directly went to sports channel, I went blogwalking and found out that the former Indonesian president died. I immediately sent texts to several friends asking how the situation in Indonesia after the news is spread out. I was thinking it would have created chaos, that people would have started demanding justice, to bring Suharto's children to trial. But no, I've heard my beloved country is officially in a state of mourning for 7 days.Having read John Orford's question whether Indonesians give respect too easily, I continued my blogwalking, and I've found so many (Indonesian) bloggers post about Suharto. I was amazed (and confused?) to read that most of them forgive Suharto and pray for him.Martin Manurung showed interesting differences of headlines on the Indonesian newspapers vs. other international press.clipped from www.martinmanurung.comIndonesia-n MediaInterna...
By: Finally Woken
Suharto Meninggal Dunia
2008-01-28 13:38:00 Bekas Presiden Indonesia, Suharto telah mengembuskan nafas terakhir di sisi enam orang anaknya pada pukul 1.10 petang 27 Januari 2008 waktu tempatan atau 2.10 petang waktu Malaysia akibat kegagalan pelbagai organ dalaman selepas keadaan kesihatannya berada dalam keadaan kritikal sejak dimasukkan ke Hospital Pusat Pertamina, Jakarta Selatan pada 4 Jan lepas.Pengumuman kematian Suharto telah dibuat oleh seorang pegawai polis, Mejar Dicky Sondani kepada pemberita dan bekas Menteri Setiausaha Negara Indonesia Moerdiono melalui siaran radio tempatan ke seluruh negara itu sejurus selepas pasukan Doktor Presiden yang merawat Suharto mengesahkan kematian bekas presiden itu. Haji Muhammad Soeharto atau Suharto telah dilahirkan pada 8 Jun 1921 di Yogyajarta. Allahyarham Suharto telah berkahwin dengan Siti Hartinah atau Ibu Tien dan mempunyai enam orang anak iaitu Siti Hardijanti Rukmana atau Tutut, Sigit Harjojudanto, Bambang Trihatmodjo, Titiek, Hutomo Mandala Putra atau Tommy dan Mamiek.All...
Indonesia's Suharto Given State Funeral
2008-01-28 12:16:00 Indonesia's former president Suharto has been laid to rest during a state funeral at the family mausoleum in the Central Java city of Solo. Mr. Suharto died Sunday at the age of 86 from multiple organ failure. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta reports that human rights groups are demanding justice for the victims of abuses during his 32-years in power.Thousands of people lined roadways in the Central Java city of Solo to watch the motorcade carrying Mr. Suharto's body.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Suharto buried with full honours
2008-01-28 10:22:00 The former Indonesian dictator, Suharto, was buried today near the royal city of Solo in central Java in a state funeral with full military honours.
By: Get rich
Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
(AP)
2008-01-28 07:33:00 AP - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
Suharto buried in state funeral
2008-01-28 06:54:00 Former Indonesian President Suharto, who died on Sunday at the age of 86, has been buried in a state funeral. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono oversaw the ceremony at the family mausoleum near the city of Solo.
By: Get rich
Suharto: Twilight of the God
2008-01-28 03:46:00 The modern-day visitor to the thousand-year-old temple complex of Prambanan in central Java may be surprised by sculptures with a familiar face or, rather, a familiar smile. And suddenly comes the revelation: the slightly bemused yet severely serene expression on every face of the antique gods of Java, the heart of what has become Indonesia, was perfected by a 20th century general who would rule the country for more than 30 years, as if he himself were a god with the right to parcel out prosperity and peace, a heaven-sent arbiter of life and death. Even after he was forced to relinquish power, Suharto dwelt among his countrymen as if invulnerable to mortal retribution, as if Indonesia could not act against the man who was once its infallible, singular autocrat. When he died on Sunday, January 27 in Jakarta, at the age of 86, the islands of Indonesia shuddered.The years since a popular uprising forced him to resign the presidency have not brought Indonesia quiet. The predominantly M...
Survivors Detail Suharto-Era Massacres
2008-01-28 01:06:00 Hiding out in the dense, humid jungle, Markus Talam watched Indonesian soldiers herd manacled prisoners from trucks, line them up and mow them down with round after round of automatic weapons fire.It was 1968, and the killings were part of a final offensive by forces under Gen. Suharto to wipe out the communist party and secure his position as leader of Indonesia, now the world's most populous Muslim nation."They gunned them down and dumped their bodies in a mass grave dug by other prisoners. I remember the sound of the guns clearly: tat-tat, tat-tat, tat-tat ... over and over again," said Talam, 68, who was later jailed for 10 years after being named a leftist sympathizer.Estimates for the number killed during his bloody rise to power , from 1965 to 1968 , range from a government figure of 78,000 to 1 million cited by U.S. historians Barbara Harff and Ted Robert Gurr, who have published books on Indonesia's history. It was the worst mass slaughter in Southeast Asia's modern hist...
Indonesia declares week of mourning for Suharto
2008-01-28 01:00:00 PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Indonesians to pray for former president Suharto who died on Sunday aged 86, as one week of official mourning was declared. Mr Yudhoyono described Suharto as one of the 'nation's best sons and a great leader of the nation who has contributed so much service and dedication'. Mr Yudhoyono said he wanted to 'express our deepest condolences at his death, and I call on all people of Indonesia to pray for the late (Suharto)'. 'I also would like to call on the people of Indonesia to show the highest respect to one of the nation's best sons, a great leader of the nation who has contributed so much service and dedication to the nation and the state,' Mr Yudhoyono told a press conference. Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Indonesia's sex workers mourn Suharto
2008-01-28 00:59:00 More than 100 sex workers at a red light district in Indonesia's East Java gathered to pray for the late former president Suharto who died in hospital earlier Sunday, a report said."Tonight we will hold prayers for Pak Harto. We just heard he died from TV," Soewadji, an official of the village of Gude in Madiun district told the okezone.com news website, referring to the former strongman by an affectionate and respectful name.He said the prayers were organized spontaneously by the sex workers and local residents.At the time, the sex workers said that under Suharto's more than three decades in power, their red-light complex was safe and that there were no officials, soldiers or other groups collecting illegal levies there.Sex work was illegal during Suharto's regime but permitted when controlled by the government.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Suharto revered as 'father of nation' and reviled as a 'perfect criminal'
2008-01-28 00:57:00 Indonesia?s former President Suharto, the Cold War military dictator who turned his country into one of the most corrupt, cowed, but stable nations in Asia, died in Jakarta yesterday, provoking a divisive debate about his 32 years of authoritarian rule.Former political opponents of Suharto, hundreds of thousands of whom were killed or locked up between his ascent to power in 1966 and his overthrow by a popular uprising in 1998, lamented that he was never brought to justice for his crimes.Budiman Sudjatmiko, a left-wing activist who was jailed in the last months of Suharto?s regime, called his death ?a tragedy for all the victims of his crimes?. He said: ?They will never get justice. Suharto was never held accountable. He was even praised as a hero. Count in his corruption, then he is a perfect criminal ? he can be put up there with Pol Pot and Hitler.?Suharto was foremost among a generation of leaders who employed varying degrees of authoritarianism to transform the fortunes of Sout...
Good bye, Mr. Suharto
2008-01-28 00:31:00 (Foto extracted from Channel News Asia video) Goodbye our Former President Suharto, thank you for all you've done for Indonesia. JAKARTA : Former president Suharto died on Sunday, 27th January 2008, at about 13:10 (0610 GMT), aged 86, his family and police said at a Jakarta hospital. Mr Suharto ruled Indonesia for 32 years. He was known as the country's Father of Development for his efforts in bringing millions of Indonesians out of the poverty trap. But his policies of favouring the conglomerates with links to his family and friends proved to be his undoing. He resigned in 1998 amid political upheaval and a crippling economic crisis that triggered widespread opposition to his regime.After his downfall Mr Suharto rarely appeared in public,living in seclusion in Jakarta's leafy Menteng neighbourhood, fighting law suits and ill health. Suharto has been in and out of hospital for various ailments in recent years, including at least two strokes and stomach problems. His last tr...
Good bye, Mr. Suharto
2008-01-28 00:31:00 (Foto extracted from Channel News Asia video)Goodbye our Former President Suharto,thank you for all you've done for Indonesia.JAKARTA : Former president Suharto died on Sunday, 27th January 2008, at about 13:10 (0610 GMT), aged 86, his family and police said at a Jakarta hospital.Mr Suharto ruled Indonesia for 32 years.He was known as the country's Father of Development for his efforts in bringing millions of Indonesians out of the poverty trap. But his policies of favouring the conglomerates with links to his family and friends proved to be his undoing.He resigned in 1998 amid political upheaval and a crippling economic crisis that triggered widespread opposition to his regime.After his downfall Mr Suharto rarely appeared in public,living in seclusion in Jakarta's leafy Menteng neighbourhood, fighting law suits and ill health.Suharto has been in and out of hospital for various ailments in recent years, including at least two strokes and stomach problems.His last trip to hospital...
By: room of my heart
Indonesia's former president Suharto dies
(Reuters)
2008-01-27 18:58:00 Reuters - Indonesia's former president Suharto, whose legacy of economic development was marred by graft and human rights abuses during his 32 years in power, died on Sunday, aged 86, after suffering multiple organ failure.
Suharto - In the Honor
2008-01-27 17:39:00 I'm taking this opportunity to give my sincerest sympathy to Indonesia's late 2nd Prime Minister, Allahyarham Suharto's family for the loss of Prime Minister Suharto recently. He passed away recently at 1.10 p.m (local time) because of organ failure at 27th January. His loss will be a great pain for anyone who were close to him and to anyone who knew what he did for his own country. I hope this loss will bring a new strength for his family members to go on with their lives. Now, muslims, let us recite Al-Fatihah to him and pray that his soul will rest in peace and he will be placed among the souls that is loved by Allah S.W.T.I will take this opportunity to mention bits about what he did to Indonesia.32 years of ruling IndonesiaBuilding up the NationEnded the "Ganyang Malaysia"With that, I honor Suharto for what he did selflessly for his own people and country to make sure that they develop into a nation like it is right now.
Singapore PM Lee to pay final respects to Suharto on Sunday evening
2008-01-27 16:47:00 Singapore PM Lee to pay final respects to Suharto on Sunday evening By Hasnita A Majid SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be going to Jakarta on Sunday evening to pay his final respects to former Indonesian president Suharto. Deputy Prime Minister Prof S Jayakumar will be Singapore’s representative at former President Suharto’s funeral in Solo on Monday. A Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry statement says it is “saddened by the news of the passing of former Indonesian President Suharto”. It adds Singapore conveys its “deepest sympathies to the Indonesian people for their profound loss”. The former Indonesian leader died at 1:10pm on Sunday of multiple organ failure after three weeks in hospital. - CNA/ch Source : Channel NewsAsia - 27 Jan 2008 Singapore Property - Buy , Sell , Rent , Invest Mindy Yong (+65)91002985 mindy@mindyyong.com http://www.property-elite.com http://www.hotvictory.com
Indonesian Suharto Expired
2008-01-27 14:19:00 According to unconfirmed report, which I just received from a friend in Jakarta, people in streets are weeping as the news of death of Suharto is spreading. Indonesian media and newspapers are not confirming it, but they are saying that perhaps its true, because 3 hours ago doctors asked Suharto’s family to come to hospital ...
Suharto daughter begs forgiveness
2008-01-27 14:17:00 THE daughter of the late Indonesian dictator Suharto begged the forgiveness of those he had wronged, just minutes after doctors pronounced the former general dead yesterday at the age of 86."Father has returned to God," said Suharto's eldest daughter, Siti Hadijanti Rukmana, known as Tutut, at the Jakarta hospital."We ask that if he had any faults, please forgive them ... mayhe be absolved of all his mistakes."Suharto's condition had deteriorated overnight, prompting his six children to wait at his bedside.Dignitaries including Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono gathered at the former strongman's Jakarta residence last night to pay their respects as the Government announced a mourning period of seven days.Jeffrey Winters, professor of political economy at Northwestern University, Chicago, said: "Suharto ran Indonesia like a mafia don.""Everything turned on the don, all business went through the don, the don was the source of security, and he destroyed everything - parl...
Australian praise for Indonesia's Suharto
2008-01-27 14:12:00 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd commended former Indonesian strongman Suharto on Sunday, saying that he 'oversaw a period of significant economic growth and modernisation at a time when Indonesia faced fundamental political, social and economic challenges.' Former Australiann foreign minister Alexander Downer said that Suharto, who died in Jakarta on Sunday aged 86, 'had a very good vision for building a strong South-East Asian community and a positive view about Australia being part of that.' Indonesia specialist Greg Fealy, from the Australian National University in Canberra, said Keating was not alone in fawning on the former general. 'For the most part, successive Australian governments were very pleased that Suharto was president of Indonesia,' Fealy said. 'He had, for the most part, a pro-Western stance and ... put a great deal of emphasis on Indonesia's internal stability and that saved Australia a lot of headaches.' Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.bl...
Indonesia, Suharto, dittatore sanguinario è morto a 86 anni, Notizie dal mo
2008-01-27 13:09:00 Fonte: Ultime Notizie Agenzia di pubblicità Oggetto: Indonesia, Suharto, dittatore sanguinario è morto a 86 anni Inviato: Dom Gen 27, 2008 11:09 pm (GMT 11) L'annuncio dato dalla polizia di Giakarta. Aveva 86 anni ed era ricoverato dal 4 gennaio. Prese il potere nel 1966 cacciando Sukarno. Le dimissioni nel 1998. L'ex presidente aveva 86 anni, 'regno'' dal 1966, anno in cui depose l'allora presidente Sukarno al 1998, sotto i colpi della protesta studentesca. Nel 1975 ordina l'invasione di Timor Est, intervento seguito da cruente respressioni che gli valsero un'accusa di genocidio. Personaggio controverso, Suharto era amato e odiato in eguale misura dal suo popolo: stimato come l'uomo che è stato capace di portare stabilità e sviluppo economico, con una crescita del 6-7% annuo, e trasformato l'Indonesia in una Tigre asiatico, odiato perchè definito un brutale dittatore e violatore dei diritti umani e considerato uno degli uomini più corrotti del mondo. Contro Suharto sono...
By: Ultime notizie
Former Indonesian dictator Suharto dies
(AP)
2008-01-27 12:47:00 AP - Former Indonesian President Suharto, the U.S. Cold War ally who led one of the 20th century's most brutal dictatorships over 32 years that saw up to a million political opponents killed, died Sunday. He was 86.
Suharto: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
2008-01-27 10:32:00 Suharto has just died at the age of 86 today. Even when he was alive, he was subject of much controversy, some positive, but mostly critical.Here is a sample of opinions from around the world:BBC: Suharto's battle with corruption chargesNews.com.au Adelaide:Life and times of a dictatorNews.com.au: Suharto leaves controversial legacyVancouver Sun: Five facts about former Indonesian president SuhartoFinancial Times ObituaryPeople's Daily Profile: Former Indonesian president SoehartoTime: Suharto: Twilight of the GodKiller File: SuhartoAnthony Deutsch: Disgraced and vilified, Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto dies at 86Youtube videos:Suharto president of IndonesiaSuharto ResignedSuharto InterviewIndonesia since SuhartoFlickr photosSuharto BooksIndonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com- |
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