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Suharto & New Order Regime

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March 17, 2000

Agence France Presse - March 17, 2000

Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid attended joint prayers held at the residence of former President Suharto to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the death of Mr Suhart

March 14, 2000

Straits Times - March 14, 2000

Jakarta – A glass window in a hallway in Indonesia's parliament building was pierced yesterday by what seemed to be a bullet, just minutes after former president Suharto's youngest son

March 10, 2000

Agence France Presse - March 10, 2000

Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said Friday he will pardon former president Suharto if a court finds him guilty of corruption and abuse of power during his 32 years in

March 9, 2000

Straits Times - March 9, 2000

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Past and present came together yesterday when President Abdurrahman Wahid met former Indonesian leader Suharto for the first time since taking office four mont

March 7, 2000

Jakarta Post - March 7, 2000

Jakarta – A new presidential decree will be issued allowing the government to take over Rp 4 trillion (US$540 million) in assets from former president Soeharto's seven foundations.

February 29, 2000

Agence France Presse - February 29, 2000

Jakarta – An Indonesian anti-graft watchdog has demanded that the youngest son of former president Suharto return 255 million dollars which it charged he had embezzled through his clove

February 9, 2000

Green Left Weekly - February 9, 2000

While world attention is focused on the crimes committed by Indonesia's military in East Timor last year, former Indonesian president Suharto is living in peace and comfort, still not c

January 23, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - January 23, 2000

Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Soeharto, facing accusations of corruption and self-enrichment on a vast scale, can expect to be amnestied – but not his family or cronies, Indones

December 8, 1999

South China Morning Post - December 8, 1999

Vaudine England – The Indonesian Government, eager to prove its reformist credentials, said yesterday it had reopened the investigation into alleged corruption by Suharto, but prospects

November 22, 1999

Agence France Presse - November 22, 1999

Jakarta – Indonesia's lower house has backed President Abdurrahman Wahid's vow to pardon former strongman Suharto but only after he has been tried by a court for allegations of graft, a

October 27, 1999

Reuters - October 27, 1999

Amy Chew, Jakarta – Indonesia's day-old government on Wednesday moved swiftly to bring disgraced former president Suharto to justice, highlighting its new clean image and meeting a key

October 15, 1999

South China Morning Post - October 15, 1999 (abridged)

Jakarta – A court yesterday found the youngest son of former president Suharto innocent of two corruption charges involving a shady land deal after a six-month trial.

October 12, 1999

South China Morning Post - October 12, 1999

Vaudine England, Jakarta and Switzerland – Two probes into allegations former president Suharto amassed ill-gotten wealth have been dropped due to lack of evidence, the Government said

August 20, 1999

Indonesian Observer - August 20, 1999

Jakarta – Former President Soeharto left hospital yesterday after five days of treatment for intestinal bleeding as his lawyer brushed aside rumors his client is seeking treatment abroa

August 19, 1999

Agence France Presse - August 19, 1999

Jakarta – Ailing former Indonesian President Suharto has been found well enough to return home, but it was uncertain whether he would leave soon or later in the week, the head of his te

August 15, 1999

The Observer (UK) - August 15, 1999

John Aglionby, Jakarta – The company of Indonesian soldiers was clearly very frightened.

August 14, 1999

Agence France Presse - August 14, 1999

Jakarta – Former Indonesian President Suharto on Saturday returned the Pertamina hospital where he had been treated for a mild stroke last month, a hospital spokeswoman said.

July 30, 1999

Agence France Presse - July 30, 1999

Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Suharto was discharged from hospital and returned home Friday after 10 days of treatment for a minor stroke, witnesses said.

July 23, 1999

Agence France Presse - July 23, 1999

Jakarta – An Indonesian stringer for the US magazine Time on Friday answered a police summons in connection with a Time article which alleged the family of former Indonesian president S

July 21, 1999

Jakarta Post - July 21, 1999

Jakarta – Speculation was rife on Tuesday over the health of former president Soeharto after he was rushed to the Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta.

July 9, 1999

Australian Broadcasting Corporation - July 9, 1999

Since May last year, there have been constant calls for a thorough investigation into the wealth of former Indonesian President Suharto and the corruption, collusion and nepotism that c

July 6, 1999

Financial Times (London) - July 6, 1999

Sander Thoenes, Jakarta – Former President Suharto yesterday filed a multi-billion dollar libel suit against Time magazine in a case that highlights the new government's failure to purs

June 29, 1999

Agence France Presse - June 29, 1999

Jakarta – Indonesian presidential hopeful Megawati Sukarnoputri intends to go after not just ousted leader Suharto but other officials who have abused their positions, a report said Tue

June 7, 1999

Agence France Presse - June 7, 1999

Jakarta – Intruders ransacked the office of an Indonesian lawyer working for the US weekly magazine Time on Monday, days after former president Suharto filed a defamation suit against t

June 3, 1999

Agence France Presse - June 3, 1999

Jakarta – Time magazine insisted Thursday it was standing by its story that former president Suharto and his family amassed a 15-billion dollar fortune during his three decades in power

BBC - June 3, 1999

Is Jakarta serious about probing Suharto's alleged billions? No, says BBC correspondent in Jakarta Jonathan Head, in the radio station's East Asia Today programme.

May 27, 1999

Indonesian Observer - May 27, 1999

Jakarta – The replaced head of the official team investigating former president Soeharto's wealth, yesterday expressed doubt the Attorney General's Office will ever manage to complete t

May 24, 1999

Time Magazine - May 24, 1999

By Jeffrey Winters – President Suharto opened his 1989 autobiography with memories of his simple childhood bathing in muddy canals in Java. "My roots are in the village," he wrote.

Time Magazine - May 24, 1999

"Not one cent abroad"

Time Magazine - May 24, 1999

[A Time investigation into the wealth of Indonesia's Suharto and his children uncovers a $15 billion fortune in cash, property, art, jewelry and jets.]

May 17, 1999

Agence France Presse - May 17, 1999

Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Suharto has ordered lawyers to sue Time magazine over a report that it had traced 15 billion dollars accumulated by him and his family, a report sa

Agence France Presse - May 17, 1999

Jakarta – A year after Indonesia's long-time president Suharto handpicked his protege B.J.

Agence France Presse - May 17, 1999

Jakarta – Two witnesses at the corruption trial of a son of former president Suharto on Monday retracted statements that a company he controlled had caused millions of dollars of losses

May 5, 1999

Dow Jones Newswires - May 5, 1999

Dan Murphy, Jakarta – Lucrative deals no longer flow to former President Suharto's children and some of his best-known cronies.

April 30, 1999

New York Times - April 30, 1999

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – Of course there was corruption under former President Suharto, said his half-brother recently, acknowledging a fact of life well known to all Indonesians.

April 23, 1999

Detik - April 23, 1999 (BBC summary)

Jakarta – A series of mass murders have thus far killed more than 100 people in Ciamis, West Java, and some of the victims were those who had discredited Suharto or were against his rul

April 22, 1999

The Australian - April 22, 1999

Robert Garran – Former Indonesian president Suharto is likely to emerge as one of the most prominent corporate players in Indonesia in coming years, thanks in part to political protecti

April 12, 1999

Reuters - April 12, 1999

Jakarta – The corruption probe into former Indonesian President Suharto could drag down his successor President B.J.

April 6, 1999

Australian Financial Review - April 6, 1999

Peter Hartcher – Indonesia's former president, Mr Soeharto, has deliberately helped provoke recent violence and bloodshed as a political tactic, one of Indonesia's key Islamic leaders h

April 5, 1999

Agence France Presse - April 5, 1999

Jakarta – The trials of an Indonesian official and a businessman charged with corruption linked to a land exchange scheme involving a son of former president Suharto opened Monday.

March 24, 1999

Agence France Presse - March 24, 1999

Jakarta – A son of former Indonesian president Suharto will stand trial next month for his suspected involvement in a multi-million dollar land scam, reports said Wednesday.

March 19, 1999

Jakarta Post - March 19, 1999

Jakarta – Attorney General Andi M.

March 17, 1999

Agence France Presse - March 17, 1999

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities are to investigate whether relatives of former president Suharto are selling lavish London properties, and have called back his son-in-law from abroad f

March 12, 1999

Agence France Presse - March 12, 1999

Jakarta – Former president Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, was slapped under city arrest for 20 days Friday pending trial for his alleged involvement in a multi-mi

March 11, 1999

Agence France Presse - March 11, 1999

Jakarta – Lawyers for ex-Indonesian president Suharto on Thursday filed legal papers with the attorney general's office to demand that an inquiry into the former leader be stopped as hu

March 10, 1999

Business Times - March 10, 1999

Indonesian Attorney-General Andi Ghalib admitted yesterday that the leaked tape of a phone conversation between himself and President BJ Habibie is genuine, retracting his earlier asser

March 7, 1999

Straits Times - March 7 1999

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – In the movie Forrest Gump, a simpleton character wanders blithely into scenes that are later regarded as historic.

February 27, 1999

Agence France Presse - February 27, 1999 (abridged)

Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Suharto is to sue popular reform politician Amien Rais and two other people for defamation, a report said Saturday

February 25, 1999

Straits Times - February 25, 1999

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Pressure is mounting on President B.J.

February 22, 1999

Associated Press - February 22, 1999

Jakarta – A son of former President Suharto has been charged with corruption, along with a former senior official and another businessman, an Indonesian official said Monday.