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Suharto & New Order Regime

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August 10, 2001

Agence France Presse - August 10, 2001

Jakarta – Tommy Suharto, the fugitive son of Indonesia's former dictator, has offered to surrender to face questioning over the murder of a senior judge and other alleged crimes, the Ja

August 9, 2001

Jakarta Post - August 9, 2001

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri has ordered the police to immediately arrest the fugitive son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, after linking him to

August 8, 2001

South China Morning Post - August 8, 2001

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Police turned up the heat in their search for former dictator Suharto's youngest son yesterday by announcing they had two suspects who had confessed the playb

July 28, 2001

South China Morning Post - July 28, 2001

Associated Press in Jakarta – Police in the Indonesian capital were yesterday questioning 18 witnesses and working with intelligence agencies to determine whether deposed president Suha

June 29, 2001

Straits Times - June 29, 2001

Jakarta – Court officials said yesterday that they had not lost the documentation of a Supreme Court decision ordering a fugitive son of former Indonesian President Suharto to pay nearl

June 23, 2001

Agence France Presse - June 23, 2001

Jakarta – The Indonesian government wants to collect 3.2 trillion rupiah in unpaid taxes from the fugitive youngest son of former president Suharto but has lost the paperwork.

June 17, 2001

Straits Times - June 17, 2001

[Derwin Pereira looks at how these cukongs are adapting to the new political environment and who are next in line to take their place.]

June 9, 2001

South China Morning Post - June 9, 2001

Agence France Presse in Jakarta – Disgraced and ailing former dictator Suharto was moved to tears by an orphan when he marked his 80th birthday yesterday, two days after the man he over

June 6, 2001

Straits Times - June 6, 2001

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – He was autocratic, plunged Indonesia into a period of economic disaster and widespread poverty and flirted with communism.

March 31, 2001

Straits Times - March 31, 2001

Jakarta – Former President Suharto remains unfit to stand trial despite some improvement in his health, said the chief prosecutor in the graft case against the former ruler.

March 8, 2001

Jakarta Post - March 8, 2001

Jakarta – Former minister of mines and energy Ida Bagus Sudjana revealed on Wednesday that ex-president Soeharto told him to "protect" a company belonging to the latter's son, Bambang T

March 7, 2001

Green Left Weekly - March 7, 2001

Max Lane – Despite the humiliating forced resignation of Indonesian President Suharto in May 1998, the political machine that he built during his 33-year reign has remained virtually in

January 21, 2001

Jakarta Post - January 21, 2001

Jakarta – Police said on Saturday a woman arrested at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) on Friday in the possession of three bombs admitted she received the bombs from Hutomo "Tommy" Ma

January 19, 2001

Jakarta Post - January 19, 2001

Jakarta – In yet another desperate attempt to locate the fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, police announced plans on Thursday to drill and break into at least three other spots in

January 13, 2001

Straits Times - January 13, 2001

Jakarta – Indonesian police have detected an underground bunker below the central Jakarta home of former president Suharto's fugitive son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.

January 2, 2001

Chicago Tribune - January 2, 2001

Uli Schmetzer, Jakarta – Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra loved fast cars and fast women, and at the peak of his playboy days he bought his own racetrack and a stake in Italian automaker La

December 23, 2000

Associated Press - December 23, 2000

Jakarta – Authorities have canceled the passport of the fugitive son of former President Suharto to prevent him from fleeing Indonesia, officials said Friday.

December 13, 2000

Los Angeles Times - December 13, 2000

Richard C. Paddock, Jakarta – For Suharto, once the all-powerful ruler of Indonesia, life today is a tangle of medical tubes, criminal charges and political intrigue.

October 7, 2000

World Socialist Web Site - October 7, 2000

James Conachy – A week after the September 28 Jakarta court ruling that former Indonesian dictator Suharto was "medically unfit" to stand trial, the government of President Abdurrahman

September 30, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - September 30, 2000

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – On many of Jakarta's balmy evenings, the plush suburb of Menteng looks like a battlefield as protesters fight police blocking them from the house with the red

Straits Times - September 30, 2000

The dismissal of former President Suharto's graft case has provoked widespread dismay in Indonesia, with newspapers attacking President Abdurrahman, saying the ruling could destroy the

Straits Times - September 30, 2000

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid, attempting to contain the political fallout from the collapse of the multi-million-dollar corruption case against former President

September 29, 2000

South China Morning Post - September 29, 2000

Vaudine England, Jakarta – The South Jakarta Court's decision yesterday to close the fraud case against former president Suharto poses one of the gravest challenges yet to the Governmen

September 27, 2000

Associated Press - September 27, 2000 (abridged)

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta – A bomb exploded outside the office of a prominent Indonesian human rights group Wednesday, just hours before the corruption trial of ex-dictator Suharto was s

September 10, 2000

Agence France Presse - September 10, 2000

Singapore – Former Indonesian president Suharto's children ignored advice to not abuse their position for financial and business gain, according to excerpts of Singapore Senior Minister

August 29, 2000

Kyodo News - August 29, 2000

Jakarta – Following are summaries of a government report, obtained by Kyodo News, on the flow of funds at seven charity foundations created and chaired by former Indonesian President Su

August 25, 2000

Indonesian Observer - August 25, 2000

Jakarta – Pro-Soeharto protesters threatened yesterday to bring around 25,000 people to the Agriculture Ministry building in Ragunan, South Jakarta, the planned site of the former presi

August 24, 2000

Melbourne Age - August 24, 2000

Michael Backman – Three years ago, Ari Sigit was on the cover of Indonesian magazines trumpeted as Indonesia's business whiz kid.

August 14, 2000

US News & World Report - August 14, 2000

Thomas Omestad, Jakarta – "The old man at No.

August 9, 2000

AFX-Asia - August 9, 2000

Jakarta – Former president Suharto has been charged before the South Jakarta district court of allocating 419.593 million US dollars to cover losses of Bank Duta in the early 1990s, wit

July 21, 2000

Agence Frnce-Presse - July 21, 2000

Jakarta – A relative of former Indonesian President Suharto who was arrested on drugs charges last month has been sent to a prison pending trial, reports said yesterday.

Associated Press - July 21, 2000

Jakarta – State prosecutors investigating corruption charges against ex-President Suharto on Friday impounded an office building owned by charitable foundations linked to the former dic

July 18, 2000

Detik - July 18, 2000

LH, NL/FW, BS & Lyndal Meehan, Jakarta – The plot behind the bombing of the Attorney General's office on July 4 and its connection to the Suharto family continues to unfold.

July 7, 2000

Straits Times - July 7, 2000

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Indonesian Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono has warned of a recurring wave of violence in the country fomented by people who are unhappy with the government's

June 21, 2000

South China Morning Post - June 21, 2000

Agence France Presse in Jakarta – Jakarta yesterday issued a fresh appeal to Switzerland to help recover cash that may have been stashed there by former president Suharto, suspected of

June 17, 2000

Agence France Presse - June 17, 2000

Jakarta – In an apparent about face, Indonesia's top prosecutor said there had been contact but no negotiations between the family of former president Suharto and the government over a

June 10, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - June 10, 2000

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Not long ago feted as South-East Asia's greatest leader, Indonesia's former president Soeharto knows little about the dramatic changes taking place in the cou

June 2, 2000

Jakarta Post - June 2, 2000 (abridged)

Jakarta – Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono said on Thursday he believed a series of riots and disturbances plaguing the country were linked to supporters of former president Soehart

May 26, 2000

Straits Times - May 26, 2000

Jakarta – Residents living near the private residence of former president Suharto and his family in Menteng are appealing to students to halt their protests in the upmarket neighbourhoo

May 18, 2000

Business Times - May 18, 2000

Jakarta – Two years after former Indonesian president Suharto was ousted from office, large parts of the industrial empire that was forged by his family are still very much in business.

May 13, 2000

New Zealand Herald - May 13, 2000

Mathew Dearnaley – Indonesia's corruption inquiry into the vast wealth amassed during the Suharto clan's long stranglehold on power reaches deep into New Zealand's heartland.

May 10, 2000

Jakarta Post - May 10, 2000

Jakarta – After two decades of opposition, the Petisi 50 (Petition 50) group was unrelenting on Tuesday, marking its anniversary with a strong warning that allies of its old foes, the N

May 5, 2000

Agence France Presse - May 5, 2000

Wellington – Foreign Minister Phil Goff Friday sent Jakarta a list of assets held by former Indonesian president Suharto and his family in New Zealand.

May 2, 2000

Straits Times - May 2, 2000

Jakarta – A law enacted last year by the Habibie government was designed to ensure that former president Suharto and his cronies would be immune to corruption charges, says a senior law

April 27, 2000

South China Morning Post - April 27, 2000

Vaudine England – Finding seizable assets in Mr Suharto's own name may prove difficult for investigators.

April 23, 2000

Agence France Presse - April 23, 2000

Jakarta – The government has started seizing assets belonging to former President Suharto, a spokesman for the Attorney-General's Office said yesterday.

April 13, 2000

South China Morning Post - April 13, 2000 (abridged)

Associated Press, Jakarta – Worried that ex-president Suharto might try to escape prosecution for massive corruption, state investigators yesterday barred the former dictator from leavi

March 30, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - March 30, 2000

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Only a day after attending a lavish reception in Jakarta for his grand-daughter's wedding, former president Soeharto has claimed he is not healthy enough to a

March 24, 2000

Indonesian Observer - March 24, 2000

Jakarta – Ex-president Soeharto's children were under siege yesterday as son Bambang Trihatmodjo was questioned by state prosecutors while a company controlled by daughter Siti 'Tutut'

March 20, 2000

South China Morning Post - March 20, 2000

Vaudine England – History is becoming one of the hottest topics in Indonesia, with President Abdurrahman Wahid paying visits to former presidents, dissidents and alleged communists whil