Suharto’s son pleads for Gus Dur to pardon him
Showing the pressure they are under, Hutomo's lawyers give contradictory statements on whether his plea for clemency is an admission of guilt
The
Author: Derwin Pereira
Suharto’s son Tommy ignores jail summons
His lawyers claim he was convicted unfairly and accuse the government of using members of the Suharto family to gain points with
Gus Dur vows to reopen case
President will ask the Chief Justice to provide judges who 'cannot be bought' to reopen case against Suharto.
President Abdurrahman Wahid, attempting to
Case against Suharto closed
Judges declare him medically unfit for trial, but son Tommy to be put behind bars for 18 months over land scam.
Former President
Indonesia fails to disarm militias by deadline
Any crackdown on the armed gangs, which have largely failed to hand over weapons voluntarily, will wait until after Jakarta gives orders
Two bombing suspects ‘are military men’
But disclosure by Jakarta police may just be a tactic to lend credibility to its investigation for now, say analysts
Indonesian police conceded
The forces within the forces
STATUS QUO GENERALS:
THE biggest opponents of the rebel reformers are officers closely associated with the New Order regime.
A few of them had
Joget with the Generals
POLITICS, INDONESIAN STYLE
Intense rivalry among Indonesia's generals is spilling over into national life. As the country goes through the upheavals of transition,
Jakarta pledge to disarm militias
The Indonesian military, under pressure to rein in pro-Jakarta militias in West Timor, said it would start disarming them in a four-day
Jakarta risks ties with world over Timor, says US
Cohen warns Indonesia to act quickly to resolve the militia problem and to arrest those guilty of violence, but the Defence Minister
Tommy Suharto turns up at police HQ
HE DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN BOMBINGS
A-G says police yet to find any evidence linking him.
The youngest son of former president Suharto yesterday denied
Jakarta offers to move militias to island
The offer to resettle pro-Jakarta gunmen and 100,000 refugees on an island north of East Timor is seen as a step to