Serve only the nation, Gus Dur tells generals
Seeking to keep the armed forces in line, the President says they should not succumb to 'power brokers'.
President Abdurrahman Wahid, seeking to
Indonesia
‘Army elements behind violence’
Indonesian Defence Minister says some anti-reform generals with links to Suharto are fostering violence to destabilise the civilian government.
Defence Minister Mahfud M.D.
Gus Dur orders major shake-up of TNI officers
Move is believed to be an attempt to undercut any army-led attempts at destabilising the Indonesian leader.
A MAJOR shake-up of the Indonesian
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
Flu fuels Gus Dur stroke rumour
A FLU forcing President Abdurrahman Wahid to cancel the last events of his official programme in Canada, and rumours of an unscheduled
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
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,
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