Archive for Januari 28th, 2008
SUHARTO DIES WITHOUT EVER BEING BROUGHT TO JUSTICE
28 January 2008 – It is hard to exaggerate the damage inflicted on Indonesia by the former dictator Suharto who died today, during the 32 years when he ruled the country with a rod of iron until his downfall in May 1998.
Suharto rose to power on a wave of massacres that killed up to one [...]
Carmel Budiardjo: The Family Firm
During the 32 years of the New Order, the Suharto family made good use of the special privileges they enjoyed to pursue a wide range of business ventures. First to set the pattern was Suharto�s wife, Tien (Siti Hartinah) Suharto who became known as Madame Ten Percent, thanks to her involvement in a wide range [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )OBITUARY OF SUHARTO, FORMER PRESIDENT AND DICTATOR OF INDONESIA
As Indonesia�s former dictator lay dying on 8 January, a coterie of the country�s great-and-good gathered at his bedside to pay their last respects to a man responsible for more deaths and suffering than any state leader since World War Two with the exception of Pol Pot of Cambodia.
While President Yudhoyono and former President Abdurrahman [...]
Accountability for Suharto’s Crimes Must Not Die With Him
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) on the Death of Suharto
Contact: John M. Miller +1/718-596-7668
Accountability for Suharto’s Crimes Must Not Die With Him
Indonesia’s former dictator General Suharto has died in bed and not in jail, escaping justice for his numerous crimes in East Timor and throughout the Indonesian archipelago. One of the worst mass [...]
