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1998 Fall of Suharto & Reformasi

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January 3, 2010

Jakarta Globe - January 3, 2010

Amid strong public demand to name the late former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid a national hero, the Golkar Party on Sunday called for the same honor to be bestowed on its found

December 23, 2009

Jakarta Post - December 23, 2009

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The reform movement has been gathering pace for the past 11 years but justice and prosperity have not trickled down to the people because the movement has

May 22, 2008

Jakarta Post - May 22, 2008

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – In a sense, the media is like an eligible bride who often has a honeymoon with a new government.

Kompas - May 22, 2008

Jakarta – Waves of protesters commemorating 10 years of reformasi took to the streets on Wednesday May 21.

May 21, 2008

Jakarta Post - May 21, 2008

Jakarta – Former student activists who took part in the historic rallies of May 1998 have called their struggle for sweeping reforms a disappointment.

May 18, 2008

Detik.com - May 18, 2008

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – A number of organisations are endeavouring to thwart the government's plan to increase the price of fuel and are planning to besiege the State Palace in Cent

May 1, 2008

Journal of Unity - May 2008

[The following is a translation of a series of 12 interviews with leaders of labour, peasant, fisherpeople, urban and rural poor, environmental, student and social-political organisa

March 7, 2008

March 1, 2008

New Left Review - March 2008

[What explains the extraordinary longevity of Indonesia's 'New Order', and what are the legacies of three decades of dictatorship?

February 11, 2008

Kompas - February 11, 2008

Bandung – Ten years since process of reformasi started, Indonesia has not undergone any significant political or economic reform.

February 6, 2008

Agence France Presse - February 6, 2008

Jakarta – One of Indonesia's top news weeklies apologised Wednesday about the cover of its latest issue, which depicts Suharto and his children in a composition mimicking that of Leonar

Jakarta Post - February 6, 2008

Jakarta – Soeharto's alleged past crimes, including allowing the deaths of thousands and other human rights abuses, should effectively deny him hero status, a political discussion heard

February 5, 2008

The National (PNG) - February 5, 2008

John Passant – War criminal Suharto is dead. Look for the tears from his Western supporters.

February 4, 2008

Max Lane - February 4, 2008

Most of the severest of Suharto'c critics, inside and outside of Indonesia, rightly concentrate of the gross violations of human rights during his 33 years of power.

February 3, 2008

Newsday.com - February 3, 2008

Joseph Nevins – 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 n

February 2, 2008

Sydney Morning Herald - February 2, 2008

Paul Keating – The death of Soeharto, the former president of Indonesia, gives all Australians a chance to assess the value of his life and the relationship between Indonesia and Austra

Jakarta Post - February 2, 2008

Apriadi Gunawan and Nana Rukmana, Medan/Cirebon – Mixed reactions have greeted a proposal to bestow national hero status upon controversial former president Soeharto.

Martin Wesley-Smith - February 2, 2008

In an article – The nation builder – in today's Sydney Morning Herald, Paul Keating attempts to justify his attendance at Suharto's funeral last week.

January 31, 2008

Canberra Times - January 31, 2008

Peter Rodgers – "Enigma" has had a big workout this week.

The Daily Star - January 31, 2008

Syed Badrul Ahsan – Mahathir Mohamad's assessment of the recently deceased Suharto does not hold up to scrutiny.

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2008

Jakarta – The reform movement that started 10 years ago has failed to produce significant changes because of the corrupt political and economic systems inherited from the New Order regi

World Socialist Website - January 31, 2008

Peter Symonds – Anyone who harbours any illusion that the current Labor government in Canberra will establish a more enlightened Australian foreign policy should examine the reaction th

January 30, 2008

South China Morning Post - January 30, 2008

Ben Terrall – In the last days of his life, the former Indonesian dictator Suharto, who died at the weekend, was visited in his private Jakarta hospital room by a parade of notables inc

The Australian - January 30, 2008

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – The old general is in the ground and, in theory, Indonesia is marking seven days of mourning, with flags across the nation being flown at half-mast.

Straits Times (Singapore) - January 30, 2008

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – An Indonesian court yesterday said a civil lawsuit against former president Suharto will now target his children, amid calls to pursue his family's allegedly il

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2008

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Amid mounting calls for the government to grant Soeharto a hero status, the National Commission on Human Rights said Tuesday it would continue investigations i

January 29, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 29, 2008

Jakarta – The national media are coming under fire for their "exaggerated" coverage of Soeharto's funeral.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur - January 29, 2008

Wellington – New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Tuesday that former Indonesian President Suharto's human rights record was "appalling" and she would not sign a condolence bo

Antara News - January 29, 2008

The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) said the late former president, Suharto, does not deserve the title of "national hero" because a number of legal cases against him

Jakarta Post - January 29, 2008

Blontank Poer, Surakarta – Former strongman Soeharto who died Sunday and was buried at a family mausoleum Monday, ruled Indonesia like a Javanese king, experts said.

January 28, 2008

New York Times - January 28, 2008

Marilyn Berger – Suharto of Indonesia, whose 32-year dictatorship was one of the most brutal and corrupt of the 20th century, died Sunday in Jakarta. He was 86.

Jakarta Post - January 28, 2008

Jakarta – Activists and human rights abuse victims on Sunday refused to join the week-long national mourning for former president Soeharto, saying he did not deserve pardon for his alle

Jakarta Post - January 28, 2008

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – How much did Maj. Gen. Soeharto know about the plot to kidnap and murder six of his peers in the Army on the night of September 30, 1965?

Sydney Morning Herald - January 28, 2008

Louise Williams – "I thank the people for their help and support during my leadership of this country and I beg forgiveness for any mistakes and shortcomings."

Sydney Morning Herald - January 28, 2008

Hamish McDonald, Asia-Pacific Editor – For three decades Australian leaders looked to Indonesia as the key to acceptance in South-East Asia, and to one man, Soeharto, as the key to Indo

Jakarta Post Editorial - January 28, 2008

Indonesia has gone into mourning with the passing away of former president Soeharto on Sunday. He was 86.

The Guardian - January 28, 2008

The death of Suharto is a reminder of the west's ignoble role in propping up a murderous regime

The Australian - January 28, 2008

Despite his many failings, Australia has reason to be thankful for the steadying hand former Indonesian president Suharto brought to the world's most populous Muslim nation, immediately

The Australian - January 28, 2008

Richard Woolcott – The death of Suharto in Jakarta last night, at the age of 86, will give rise to different evaluations of his contribution to Indonesia, to the Southeast Asian region

The Australian - January 28, 2008

Greg Sheridan's Blog – Indonesia's Suharto was an authentic giant of Asia, a nation-builder, a dictator, a changer of history.

January 27, 2008

Reuters - January 27, 2008

Former president Suharto's stamp on Indonesia was so strong that a decade after his ouster as its leader, the world's fourth-most populous country is still struggling to deal with his l

Agence France Presse - January 27, 2008

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's Suharto, who died Sunday aged 86, was a ruthless dictator whose success presiding over huge economic progress was overshadowed by a legacy of b

Associated Press - January 27, 2008

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Suharto, the US 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, d

BBC News - January 27, 2008

Jonathan Head, Bangkok – If Suharto had the kind of pumped-up ego we usually associate with powerful politicians, he never let it show. In fact he rarely betrayed any emotion.

January 25, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 25, 2008

Jakarta – The government must consider various avenues to conclude the legal cases around Soeharto, including a special 24-hour trial, said Presidential Advisory Council member Adnan Bu

January 24, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 24, 2008

Jakarta – The uniformity of media reports on Soeharto's hospitalization and his health condition has raised suspicions that the coverage is aimed at motivating sympathy for the former p

January 22, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 22, 2008

Jakarta – Politicians are stepping up their attempts to spare former president Soeharto from sitting trial for corruption and human rights crime allegations dating back to his 32 years

January 20, 2008

Melbourne Age - January 20, 2008

"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." - George Orwell

January 19, 2008

Today (Singapore) - January 19, 2008

Jessinta Tan, Solo – Astana Giribangun, a solemn and beautiful graveyard on the slope of Mount Lawu on the outskirts of Solo city, has been temporarily closed for what is said to be "ro

Reuters - January 19, 2008

Fitri Wulandari and Harry Suhartono, Jakarta – As a student activist, Heri Akhmadi was beaten and jailed.