Jakarta – Leaked US State Department cables, made available to the Sydney Morning Herald by WikiLeaks, showed that the US was concerned about "the appearance of Tommy Soeharto at a Kopassus [Army Special Force] anniversary celebration."

Tommy, the youngest son of the former president Soeharto served several years in prison for arranging the killing of a judge who convicted him of fraud.

The Supreme Court judge, Syafiuddin Kartasasmita, was killed in gang-style shooting on July 26, 2001. He was the judge who sentenced Tommy to 18 months in prison for land-swap deal involving Tommy's company PT Goro Batara Sakti and the State Logistics Agency, or Bulog.

Tommy was arrested in November 2001 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for arranging the murder. He was released on parole in October 2006.

The 'incident' referred to by WikiLeaks took place in 2007 when the then Kopassus' general commander, Maj. Gen. Rasyid Aquary bowed to Tommy. The US government, through the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, officially questioned then Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono about it.