Sukarno's widow refuses to forgive
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THE Japanese widow of Indonesia's founding president, Sukarno, has said she will never forgive his successor, Suharto, likening his repression to Pol Pot.
Suharto was buried yesterday in a state funeral in central Java as Asian leaders praised his legacy.
But Sukarno's third wife, Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno, said: "I don't want to lash out at a dead man but I cannot forgive Suharto.
"He was Indonesia's Pol Pot," she added, referring to the late leader of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge.
Suharto seized power from Sukarno in 1966. Ms Dewi, a former bar hostess born as Naoko Nemoto, married Sukarno at age 19 in 1962 after he was charmed by her on a state visit to Tokyo.
After Sukarno died under house arrest in 1970, she returned to Japan, where she has become a television personality and runs a jewellery and cosmetics business.
Despite Indonesia's economic progress under Suharto, his tenure was marked by the killings of at least half a million communists and sympathisers from 1966, the invasion of East Timor and quelling of separatist movements in Aceh and Papua.
Ms Dewi blamed Suharto for the death of her husband and for mass killings around the country. "Although he had a soft face, he could be cruel and heartless at the same time," she said. "You could not tell what he was like on the inside. What he said and what he did were two different things."
Ms Dewi said many Indonesians still suffered from the cronyism and corruption of his 32-year leadership, adding he was lucky to have lived out his days among friends.
But Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont praised Suharto for helping to maintain security across Southeast Asia.
"Thailand deeply appreciates the enormous contributions his excellency General Suharto rendered to the causes of peace and security in the region," he said in a condolence letter.
"He has made this region far safer, stronger and more confident than it was decades ago."
Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew said history would grant Suharto "a place of honour".
"He has shown himself to be a man of his word. Whatever he had promised, he would deliver. He was taciturn, but tenacious," Mr Lee said in a letter to Suharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana.
While Suharto was forced to step down in 1998 amid widespread rioting after the rupiah collapsed, Mr Lee said the Indonesian president was not responsible for the foreign debt problems of many Indonesian companies and banks that triggered the currency's fall.
Another Suharto contemporary, Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad, hailed him as a "great leader and an international statesman," saying reports he had orchestrated the bloodletting of 1965 were "absolute nonsense".
"I know this for a fact. I knew what happened," said Dr Mahathir, who arrived at the mausoleum where Suharto was being buried 20 minutes after the official ceremony had ended.
"Indonesia was in a state of anarchy then. At the time of the killings, he was not even the president. He did not order the killing."
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda recalled Suharto's efforts to maintain friendly ties.
"I sincerely pray that former president Suharto would rest in peace. Former president Suharto had long worked to maintain the friendly and goodwill relations between our nation and Indonesia," he said.
AFP
Feb 3, 2008
Soeharto ... Tiada Maaf Bagi mu
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Jan 31, 2008
Suharto Takes Three Mysteries To The Grave
Jakarta Post
How much did Maj Gen Suharto know about the plot to kidnap and murder six of his peers in the Army on the night of Sept 30, 1965? Did President Sukarno really give Gen Suharto sweeping executive powers on March 11, 1966, and if so, what were the exact circumstances that made Sukarno virtually gave up power? What prompted Suharto to finally call it quits, ending his presidency after 32 years, on the eve of May 21, 1998?
These are three major events in the modern history of Indonesia that involved Suharto for which some questions remain. The one person who knew the answers was Suharto himself. Now that he is dead, he will be taking them with him to the grave.
These three dates defined his rise to power, the beginning of his presidency and its end.
Suharto had apparently been informed about an imminent action by a group of young Army officers to kidnap several generals on that September night of 1965.
"This takes us to the second major unanswered question about Suharto's presidency."
One of those officers, Lt Col Abdul Latief, visited Suharto at a hospital in Jakarta to report to him the plan to preempt the "council of generals" from allegedly seizing power from President Sukarno. Suharto was Chief of the Army's Reserve Strategic Command. His reaction was indifferent, according to accounts by Latief.
With all the top Army leadership slain by the following morning, Suharto assumed command. He quickly linked the young officers' plot with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). Thus began the move to crush the PKI and all its followers that led to the killing of genocidal proportions across Indonesia from the late 1965 to mid-1966.
Sukarno's own power by early 1966 had been weakened by his failure to condemn the PKI for slaying the six generals. By March 1966, the Army under Suharto controlled much of the nation while Sukarno was reduced to a sitting-duck president. This explains the ease with which Sukarno signed (if he ever did) the famous March 11, 1966, letter that transferred much of his power to the young Army general.
This takes us to the second major unanswered question about Suharto's presidency.
Three Army generals, at the order of Suharto, visited Sukarno at the Presidential Palace in nearby Bogor the morning of March 11, 1966. A few hours later, the three came back to report to Suharto in Jakarta with a letter signed by Sukarno that purportedly gave unlimited powers to Suharto to restore peace and order.
The exact wording of the letter is a mystery. The original letter is missing. The only document available is a purported transcript of the letter, which is indeed a transfer of executive power from Sukarno to Suharto. This letter marked the beginning of the end for Sukarno, and paved the way for Suharto to become full president the following year.
Also unclear are the circumstances in which Sukarno signed the letter, if he signed one.
Some analysts speculate there was coercion: the generals had already typed the letter beforehand and Sukarno may have signed it at gunpoint. What is clear is that Suharto repeatedly had to deny that the event amounted to a coup d'etat.
Fast forward 32 years, precisely to the night before May 21, 1998, when Jakarta was very tense. A week earlier, the capital city was rocked by a riot targeting Chinese shops and businesses.
Indonesia was in a deep economic crisis and students had already taken over the House of Representatives building. They threatened to take to the streets in millions lest he complied with their only demand: his resignation.
The 77-year-old former general faced the toughest challenge of his presidency. Besides the economic crisis, he also faced eroding support not only from the public, but also from his traditional supporters. Golkar, his political party, had abandoned him. Many of his Cabinet members had written to him that they no longer could serve him.
The military under Gen Wiranto remained loyal. He contacted Muslim scholar Amien Rais, who had offered to lead the student march, and warned him of massive bloodshed if they went ahead with the planned protests that Saturday. Wiranto stood his ground, saying it was his duty to protect the capital.
Suharto could have called the students' bluff and let Wiranto clean up the mess. After all, this is a former general who justified the killing of hundreds of thousands of suspected communists in 1965-66 on the grounds of the greater good: save the nation from communism. He used violent tactics throughout his presidency to deal with any threat to his leadership.
So what happened in May 1998? Did he just lose his guts? Another unanswered mystery.
Instead, he wrote a letter transferring executive powers to Gen Wiranto (modeled on the March 1966 letter), and called his vice president B.J. Habibie to say he was resigning the next day.
But the aircraft engineer apparently misread Suharto's intentions, and presumed that as vice president he would be the next Indonesian leader by default. No one, including Habibie, was aware of Suharto's letter to Wiranto until much later. Suharto probably intended that Habibie would resign along with him since they had been elected on the same ticket two months earlier.
Suharto resigned alone, or rather quit, on May 21, 1998, saying he could no longer continue his rule under the circumstances. Habibie was sworn in as president. Suharto never spoke to him again.
What was his intention? Did he intend for Wiranto to succeed him rather than Habibie?
While Habibie, Wiranto and a few others involved in the saga of that night have spoken or written books about their part in the evolving situation, Suharto remained silent to his death. We will never know now what was going through his mind when he decided enough was enough, and who he intended to succeed him.
Mysteries shrouded much of Suharto's 32-year presidency. Some were revealed in his 1988 semi-autobiography, Suharto, My Thoughts, Words, and Deeds, but he left many unanswered questions regarding his part in the 1965 putsch and the 1966 transfer of power.
Historians trying to reconstruct this period of Indonesia's modern history will have to speculate and interpret the available facts in filling in some of the gaping holes. (By ENDY M. BAYUNI/ The Jakarta Post/ ANN)
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Jan 30, 2008
Sah AS sokong Suharto

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WASHINGTON 29 Jan. – Amerika Syarikat (AS) semalam mendedahkan dokumen terperinci mengenai bantuan Washington kepada bekas Presiden Suharto yang membawa kepada terjejasnya demokrasi dan juga hak asasi manusia.
Dokumen-dokumen terbabit didedahkan berikutan permohonan di bawah undang-undang kebebasan maklumat yang bertujuan membuktikan pentadbiran AS tidak menggunakan pengaruhnya supaya Suharto bertanggungjawab terhadap segala tindakannya sepanjang 32 tahun memerintah Indonesia.
“Satu perkara yang jelas dari beribu-ribu muka surat mengenai hubungan AS dengan Suharto sepanjang 1966 - 1998, tidak pernah pun Presiden AS menggunakan pengaruh mereka bagi memberi penekanan kepada memperjuangkan hak asasi manusia dan demokrasi,” kata Brad Simpson dari Arkib Keselamatan Nasional.
– AFP
No2umnO - Dah mati baru sebut, pemimpin Malaysia pun sama juga. Ramai yang dah jadi BARUA AMERIKA
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Jan 29, 2008
Kenapa Pak Lah Tak Ziarah Pengkebumian Suharto?

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Apabila membaca tulisan Bigdog bertajuk, "PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Abdullah tidak menghadiri pengkebumian Pak Harto", Husin berasa amat malu dan segan sekali kepada negara jiran dan rakyat Indonesia.
Secara tidak langsung, Husin pun ada akar umbi di sana. Siapa tidak? Orang Melayu semua adalah sebahagian satu bangsa dan satu gagasan Nusantara Melayu.
Indonesia adalah negara jiran kita yang terdekat dan apatah lagi kita serumpun. Mungkin Suharto bukan lagi President, dia juga bukan lagi berkuasa, namun dia masih diberi penghormatan rasmi oleh negaranya sendiri. Walaupun jika banyak kesalahannya sekali pun hingga tidak ada jasa langsung, siapakah PM kita untuk menghukumnya?
Majlis sebegini adalah peluang untuk mengambil hati dan mendekatkan balik perhubungan antara kita yang sudah renggang, akibat tidak tanduk pentadbir-pentadbir dan rakyat kita terhadap rakyat mereka yang berziarah dan mencari rezeki di sini. More....
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Jan 28, 2008
In death, Suharto cheats justice
The ex-dictator’s deathbed saga finally ends in Indonesia
economist
AP - FOR weeks, Indonesia’s former dictator, General Suharto, had been lingering on his deathbed in a hospital in Jakarta, attended by a team of doctors and a scrum of reporters. Some of the country’s 226m people, meanwhile, debated his legacy: was he a nation-builder or a plunderer of the nation’s wealth? A bringer of stability or a murderous destroyer of liberty? As his life ebbed away, the enigmatic ex-soldier who had ruled with a rod of iron for 32 years until 1998 was visited by two fellow retired autocrats—Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamed and Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew—who, naturally, emphasised his achievements as a statesman and staunch anti-communist. At last he died on Sunday January 27th, aged 86.
His burial, in line with Muslim tradition, took place the next day. Tens of thousands lined the streets as his body was driven through the royal city of Solo in central Java, to the family mausoleum. Born in 1921 when Indonesia was still a Dutch colony, Mr Suharto was officially recorded as being the son of peasant farmers, although rumours suggested that he might have been the illegitimate son of a Javanese aristocrat or perhaps a wealthy businessman.
Mr Suharto joined the colonial Dutch army, then served under the occupying Japanese forces in the second world war, after which he fought for independence. In 1965 he shoved aside the then president, Sukarno, after the murders of six army generals in what was later officially claimed to have been a communist plot. Whatever the truth, Mr Suharto used it as an excuse to launch a bloody crackdown on communists, Sukarno supporters and anyone else in his way. Hundreds of thousands were slaughtered. more...
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SUHARTO: A legacy divided
32 YEARS OF RULE WITH AN IRON FIST: Allies and critics of former president Suharto, who died yesterday aged 86, agree that his legacy still looms large in Indonesia's political, economic and cultural life. Suharto's autocratic rule, over more than three decades, was marked by rampant corruption, cronyiam and widespread human abuses. But ethnic blood-letting, a ruined economy and weak government in the years after Suharto's fall led some Indonesians to yearn for a return to his tough style of leadership. That view faded as Indonesia embraced democracy and recovered, and many could never forgive the graft and human rights abuses of the Suharto era. Suharto's stamp on Indonesia was, however, so strong that a decade after his ouster, the country is still struggling to deal with his legacy...
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Beredar SMS Tolak Berkabung untuk Soeharto
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Jakarta - Pemerintah menetapkan hari berkabung nasional selama 7 hari dan memasang bendera setengah tiang untuk menghormati wafatnya mantan Presiden Soeharto. Namun beredar SMS penolakan.
Senin (28/1/2008) dini hari ini, SMS yang berisikan penolakan tanda berkabung atas kematian Soeharto beredar. Setidaknya ada dua SMS yang tegas menolak.
“Kita beritakan kepada seluruh rakyat & teman yang masih peduli terhadap demokrasi (via sms, email, dll) untuk bersama-sama tidak mengibarkan bendera setengah tiang sebagai tanda protes sipil atas belum terbayarnya hutang dosa-dosa politik Soeharto selama 32 tahun,” begitu salah satu bunyi SMS yang beredar.
Selain SMS itu, muncul juga SMS yang menyatakan sikap penolakan dari seorang mantan aktivis Partai Rakyat Demokratik (PRD) yang terkenal anti Orde Baru.
“Tolak instruksi Hari Berkabung 7 Hari! Tolak gelar kepahlawanan buat diktator Soeharto!” bunyi SMS itu hanya beberapa jam setelah Soeharto dikabarkan meninggal, kemarin.
Pantauan detikINET, banyak warga Jakarta yang tidak memasang bendera setengah tiang pagi ini. Terlihat hanya satu-satu rumah yang melakukan instruksi PP yang juga dibuat Soeharto itu. Misalnya di Pamulang, Kramatjati, Pondok Gede, Pasar Minggu, dsb.
Hanya perkantoran saja yang cukup tertib memasang bendara setengah tiang.
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Jan 27, 2008
KEPULANGAN YANG MEMBAWA PUJIAN DAN MAKIAN
Soeharto Akhirnya Wafat
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Setelah lama berkutat dengan penyakitnya, Minggu 27 Januari 2008 sekitar pukul 13.00, Mantan Presiden Soeharto akhirnya meninggal dunia di RSP Pertamina. Wafatnya mantan orang nomor satu Indonesia itu memang telah diprediksi sejak masuknya beliau ke rumah sakit beberapa pekan sebelumnya. Dan setelah bekerja keras, tim dokter kepresidenan akhirnya menyerah juga pada panggilan sang khalik.
Dan ucapan belangsungkawa pun datang bertubi-tubi. Bekas penguasa Orde Baru itu bahkan masih mendapat simpati yang sangat besar dari rakyat Indonesia. Tak kurang Presiden SBY sendiri menyatakan bahwa seminggu ke depan merupakan hari berkabnug nasional.
Soeharto Mati, Media Massa Malah Goblok!
orangmuda
Kalau mau adil, singkap juga keterpurukan kita sekarang akibat utang dan budaya KKN Orba! Itu baru adil dan tidak membodohkan! Sungguh, pembeberan kalian tentang jasa-jasa Soeharto yang timpang itu lebih hina daripada berita gosip paling murahan! Dan kalian telah membodohi masyarakat, yang notabene kalian klaim sebagai pihak yang kalian wakili hati nuraninya!
Atau kalau kalian tidak punya cukup nyali untuk bersuara lantang, panggil seribu tukang potong titit ke kantor supaya memotong kemaluan bos-bos kalian, supaya bos-bos kalian tidak bisa mengklaim dirinya lelaki! Biar mereka jadi banci! Sekian.
Mengapa Jenazah Soeharto Dijaga Ketat
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Ada yang aneh dari sekian banyak laporan tentang meninggalnya mantan presiden Soeharto hari ini.
Saya dengar, misalnya, Kepolisian Resor Jakarta Pusat telah menyiapkan dua kompi pasukan untuk menjaga kediaman almarhum mantan Presiden Soeharto di Jalan Cendana Nomor 6, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat.
Kepada wartawan sebuah koran nasional, Wakil Kepala Kepolisian Resort Jakarta Pusat Ajun Komisaris Besar Polisi Heri Wibowo mengatakan anak buahnya berjaga-jaga untuk mempersiapkan jenasah Soeharto yang akan dibawa ke Cendana untuk dimandikan.
Heri mengatakan pihaknya akan memprioritaskan kerabat dan keluaga Soeharto yang ingin melihat mantan orang nomor satu itu untuk terakhir kalinya.
Polisi, kata Heri, juga akan menutup sejumlah jalan. Akses yang ditutup terutama sepanjang Rumah Sakit Pusat Pertamina menuju Cendana.
Suasana Cendana yang sebelumnya sepi-sepi saja juga berubah. Pagar rumah yang sebelumnya dibuka sekarang ditutup. Belasan petugas kepolisian dan militer berjaga di sekitar rumah. Orang-orang di dalam rumah tampak hilir mudik.
Saya jadi bertanya-tanya, mengapa orang yang sudah meninggal harus dijaga ketat? Apakah ada ancaman pembunuhan? Apakah ada yang hendak mengacaukan prosesi pemakaman?
Akhirnya, Sang Jenderal Itu Pergi….
bali.ikads
Secara mata awam melihat, berbagai masalah ditimbulkan, misalnya pemiskinan yang terselubung ditimbulkan selama pemerintahannya selama 32 tahun. Berbagai utang diwariskan, triliyunan asset ditimbun bersama anak-anak dan kroni-kroninya. Sekian banyak yang mangkrak dan hanya menjadi pemandangan yang membikin hati miris ketika melihatnya. Di Bali, kita bisa lihat ada Pecatu Graha, yang tidak pernah selesai sengketanya.
Sekarang, ketika Sohearto sudah tidak ada, akan dibuat seperti apa kasus-kasusnya? Dimaafkan? Mengangkat Soeharto sebagai salah seorang pahlawan nasional? Disita aset-asetnya untuk nombokin negara bayar hutang? Karena tidak mungkin lagi memenjarakanya. Arrrrgghhh……
Selamat Jalan Sang Jenderal Besar!
sawali.info
Selamat Jalan Sang Jenderal Besar, semoga diberikan kelapangan jalan menuju ke haribaan-Nya; diampuni segala dosa dan kesalahanmu, serta diterima semua amal baikmu.
Sebagai rakyat kecil yang pernah merasakan kepemimpinanmu, kami turut berduka. Sampeyan telah memberikan pembelajaran yang penting dan bermakna bagi bangsa ini; “aja dumeh, aja adigang, adigung, adiguna”. Semoga generasi dan anak-anak masa depan negeri ini bisa mengambil sisa-sisa kepemimpinanmu yang layak diteladani, sekaligus sanggup membentengi dari sikap arogan dan korup yang hanya akan menjadi penghambat jalan menuju ridha-Nya.
Meninggal atau meninggali
media-kalimantan
Macan mati meninggalkan belang,
gajah mati meninggalkan gading,
soeharto mati meninggalkan hutang.
No2umnO - Aku tidak pernah di pimpinan oleh kepimpinan beliau, maka adalah lebih mudah untuk menjadi orang tengah. Dengar dan melihat.
Tapi sekurang kurangnya kematiannya membawa kebaikan kepada semua pemimpin yang ada di Malaysia, agar yang sombong jangan terlalu ego. Yang degil jangan terlampau jahat dan yang korup jangan tidak bertaubat. Lepas hukuman dunia, di ALAM BARZAKH akan diadili juga. Mau lari kemana kalian? Sombong dan ego kalau mampu menongkat dunia. Menjadi Tuhan kerana sering kepujian. Tunduk akur kalau sedar diri serupa semut yang tunggu waktu dipijak ditarik nyawa.
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SUDAH PERGI

Suharto Meninggal Dunia
JAKARTA, 27 Jan (Bernama) -- Bekas Presiden Indonesia, Suharto meninggal dunia pada pukul 1.10 petang ini waktu tempatan (2.10 waktu Malaysia) setelah berada dalam keadaan kritikal sejak awal pagi ini.
Pengumuman itu dibuat oleh bekas Menteri Setiausaha Negara Indonesia Moerdiono melalui siaran sebuah radio tempatan ke seluruh negara itu sejurus selepas pasukan Doktor Presiden yang merawat Suharto mengesahkan kematian bekas presiden itu.
Suharto, 86, memerintah Indonesia selama 32 tahun dari 1966 hingga 1998 berada dalam keadaan kritikal sejak dimasukkan ke Hospital Pusat Pertamina, Jakarta Selatan pada 4 Jan lepas.
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Jan 20, 2008
UNTUK BAKAL DIKTATOR MALAYSIA
Beberapa artikel menarik dari Indonesia tentang DOSA kepimpinan DIKTATOR
Hidup Segan, Mati Tak Bisa
Bulik Mulayani ke rumah.
Tiba-tiba muncul sebelum bapak dan ibu pulang. Lalu terjadilah percakapan antar orang tua tentang keluarga. Ya, memang beliau dikenal dekat dengan keluarga.
Lalu bapak dan ibu pulang. Tinggallah kesunyian yang berdiam. Sesekali terpantul gema dari gesekan para tukang yang mengamplas tembok dengan cepatnya. Selain itu cuma kebosanan.
“Pak Harto kasihan, raganya sudah tak mampu, tapi belum juga dipanggil”
Lalu bulik Mulyani mengambil koran, membaca headline-nya. Nampaknya kurang puas, lalu berpindah ke channel televisi. Satu yang dicari : berita tentang Pak Harto. Ya, Bulik Mulyani yang sederhana dan polos tiba-tiba dihadapkan oleh kudapan lezat media minggu-minggu ini : kritisnya Soeharto, mantan diktator Orde Baru. Dramatik naik-turunnya kondisi Pak Harto tak luput dari perhatiannya detik perdetiknya. Ritme gaya manusia Yogyakarta yang santai, tiba-tiba sejenak dilupakan oleh peristiwa ini. Bulik Mulyani sepertinya cukup tegang menikmati drama media ini, bak ikut di kontes idol-idolan televisi : menang atau kalah, mati atau terus hidup.
“Kalau orang tua bilang, Pak Harto seperti ada yang mengganjal dalam hatinya. Seperti menunggu seseorang dan sesuatu yang akan datang, atau belum tuntas. Sepertinya ada yang belum mmemaafkan dia. Jadinya seperti itu. Tommy, anak kesayangannya, pun telah datang, Tata juga. Lantas dia menunggu apa ?” ujarnya. More...
Menurut majalah TIME 24 Mei 1999,
SEKTOR ASSET DAN TUNAI YANG DIPEROLEH KELUARGA SELAMA 30 TAHUN LEBIH :
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Minyak dan gas $ 17.000.000.000
Kehutanan dan perkebunan $ 10.000.000.000
Bunga deposito $ 9.000.000.000
Petrokimia $ 6.500.000.000
Pertambangan $ 5.800.000.000
Perbankan dan jasa keuangan $ 5.000.000.000
Properti di Indonesia $ 4.000.000.000
Import pangan $ 3.600.000.000
TV, Radio, Penerbitan $ 2.800.000.000
Telekomunikasi $ 2.500.000.000
Hotel dan turisme $ 2.200.000.000
Jalan tol $ 1.500.000.000
Perusahaan penerbangan dan jasa angkasa $ 1.000.000.000
Produksi dan distribusi tembakau $ 1.000.000.000
Kendaraan $ 460.000.000
Penghasil daya $ 450.000.000
Manufaktur $ 350.000.000
Properti di luar negeri $ 80.000.000
T O T A L $ 73.240.000.000
KEKAYAAN SAAT INI $ 15.000.000.000
More...
Matikan Soeharto di Televisi.
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Rasanya lebih baik matikan televisi ketika berita tentang sakitnya Soeharto ditayangkan. Bagaimana tidak, kondisinya yang luar biasa payah di antara hidup dan dan mati itu, bisa membuat iba siapapun yang memandangnya. Muncul juga rasa kasihan, sedih, dan sejenisnya, sebab bagaimana pun jahatnya Soeharto ketika memerintah, ia saat ini adalah orang tua yang renta. Dan orang tua yang renta yang lagi menuju maut selalu membuat rasa kemanusiaan tercabik.
Banyak pihak pun buru-buru mengajak orang untuk memaafkan bekas penguasa Orde baru itu. Tentu dengan alasan kemanusiaan. Orang-orang pun diajak melupakan berbagai kejahatan kemanusiaan yang pernah dilakukan soeharto. Padahal tak terbilang berapa sudah nyawa yang dihilangkan pada saat sang jenderal diktator itu berkuasa. Sebut saja beberapa di antaranya adalah kasus pembuangan tahanan PKI di Pulau Buru, Penembakan misterius (petrus) pada 1983-1984, Insiden 27 Juli 1996 dan penculikan sejumlah aktivis. Kemudian peristiwa pemberlakuan daerah Operasi Militer di Papua dan Aceh serta kasus Tanjung Priok. Belum lagi kasus-kasus korupsinya. Yang saat ini disidangkan saja (kasus Yayasan Supersemar) di Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta Selatan Kejaksaan Agung menuntut Soeharto mengembalikan dana lebih dari empat triliun rupiah. Ditambah ganti rugi immateriil sebesar Rp 10 triliun. Luar biasa jumlhnya. Tapi itu belum ditambah duit negara yang di korup kroni-krinonya. More...

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