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----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [GM2020] Pak Harto Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 3:25:54 From: Agus Lahinta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <gorontalomaju2020@yahoogroups.com> BEKAS PRESIDEN SUHARTO MEMANG TELAH BERBUAT BANYAK UNTUK PEMBANGUNAN INDONESIA DAN ITU KELIHATAN SAMPAI SEKARANG, TAPI KITA JANGAN LUPA BAHWA BEKAS PRESIDEN SUHARTO JUGA YANG TELAH MEMPORAKPORANDAKAN PEREKONOMIAN INDONESIA DENGAN "KKN" NYA DAN MENINGGALKAN HUTANG YANG HARUS DITANGGUNG OLEH KITA, ANAK CUCU DAN CICIT KITA. JADI SADARLAH..... SEBAGAI MANUSIA, MARILAH KITA MENDOAKAN BEKAS PRESIDEN SUHARTO AGAR DIKURANGI SIKSAANYA DI DALAM KUBUR. AL On 1/27/08, Tuturuga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Selamat jalan Jenderal Besar, semoga Allah > mengampunimu! > Bagi keluarga yang ditinggalkan semoga tabah dan jujur > kepada masyarakat Indonesia. Masih banyak yang harus > dipertanggungkawabkan di depan rakyat. > > =t= > > --- Rahman Dako <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Temans, > > > > Hampir semua media massa di Indonesia, menjadi > > berbalik memuja Soeharto pada masa sakit sampe > > matinya. Tapi lihatlah kata Associated Press > > dibawah ini, beberapa menit setelah kematiannya: > > > > Salam, > > AGAG > > > > Former Indonesian dictator Suharto dies > > By ZAKKI HAKIM, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes > > ago > > JAKARTA, Indonesia - Former dictator Suharto, an > > army general who crushed Indonesia's communist > > movement and pushed aside the country's founding > > father to usher in 32 years of tough rule that saw > > up to a million political opponents killed, died > > Sunday. He was 86. > > > > Suharto had been ailing in a hospital in the capital > > since Jan. 4 when he was admitted with failing > > kidneys, heart and lungs. Doctors prolonged his life > > through dialysis and a ventilator, but his condition > > dramatically worsened over the weekend. He stopped > > breathing and slipped into a coma Sunday. > > > > A statement issued by chief presidential doctor, > > Marjo Subiandono, said he was declared dead at 1:10 > > p.m. The cause of death was given as multi-organ > > failure. > > > > Finally toppled by mass street protests in 1998, the > > U.S. Cold War ally's departure opened the way for > > democracy in this predominantly Muslim nation of 235 > > million people and he withdrew from public life, > > rarely venturing from his comfortable villa on a > > leafy lane in the capital. > > > > Suharto had ruled with a totalitarian dominance that > > saw soldiers stationed in every village, instilling > > a deep fear of authority across this Southeast Asian > > nation of some 6,000 inhabited islands that stretch > > across more than 3,000 miles. > > Since being forced from power, he had been in and > > out of hospitals after strokes caused brain damage > > and impaired his speech. Blood transfusions and a > > pacemaker prolonged his life, but he suffered from > > lung, kidney, liver and heart problems. > > > > Suharto was vilified as one of the world's most > > brutal rulers and was accused of overseeing a > > graft-ridden reign. But poor health — and continuing > > corruption, critics charge — kept him from court > > after he was chased from office by widespread unrest > > at the peak of the Asian financial crisis. > > > > The bulk of political killings blamed on Suharto > > occurred in the 1960s, soon after he seized power. > > In later years, some 300,000 people were slain, > > disappeared or jailed in the independence-minded > > regions of East Timor, Aceh and Papua, human rights > > groups and the United Nations say. > > > > Suharto's successors as head of state — B.J. > > Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati Sukarnoputri > > and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono — vowed to end > > corruption that took root under Suharto, yet it > > remains endemic at all levels of Indonesian society. > > > > With the court system paralyzed by corruption, the > > country has not confronted its bloody past. Rather > > than put on trial those accused of mass murder and > > multibillion-dollar theft, some members of the > > political elite consistently called for charges > > against Suharto to be dropped on humanitarian > > grounds. > > > > Some noted Suharto also oversaw decades of economic > > expansion that made Indonesia the envy of the > > developing world. Today, nearly a quarter of > > Indonesians live in poverty, and many long for the > > Suharto era's stability, when fuel and rice were > > affordable. > > > > But critics say Suharto squandered Indonesia's vast > > natural resources of oil, timber and gold, siphoning > > the nation's wealth to benefit his cronies and > > family like a mafia don. > > > > Jeffrey Winters, associate professor of political > > economy at Northwestern University, said the graft > > effectively robbed "Indonesia of some of the most > > golden decades, and its best opportunity to move > > from a poor to a middle class country." > > > > "When Indonesia does finally go back and redo > > history, (its people) will realize that Suharto is > > responsible for some of the worst crimes against > > humanity in the 20th century," Winters added. > > > > Those who profited from Suharto's rule made sure he > > was never portrayed in a harsh light at home, > > Winters said, so even though he was an "iron-fisted, > > brutal, cold-blooded dictator," he was able to stay > > in his native country. > > > > Like many Indonesians, Suharto used only one name. > > He was born on June 8, 1921, to a family of rice > > farmers in the village of Godean, in the dominant > > Indonesian province of Central Java. > > > > When Indonesia gained independence from the Dutch in > > 1949, Suharto quickly rose through the ranks of the > > military to become a staff officer. > > > > His career nearly foundered in the late 1950s, when > > the army's then-commander, Gen. Abdul Haris > > Nasution, accused him of corruption in awarding army > > contracts. > > > > Absolute power came in September 1965 when the > > army's six top generals were murdered under > > mysterious circumstances, and their bodies dumped in > > an abandoned well in an apparent coup attempt. > > > > Suharto, next in line for command, quickly asserted > > authority over the armed forces and promoted himself > > to four-star general. > > > > Suharto then oversaw a nationwide purge of suspected > > communists and trade unionists, a campaign that > > stood as the region's bloodiest event since World > > War II until the Khmer Rouge established its > > gruesome regime in Cambodia a decade later. Experts > > put the number of deaths during the purge at between > > 500,000 and 1 million. > > > > Over the next year, Suharto eased out of office > > Indonesia's first post-independence president, > > Sukarno, who died under house arrest in 1970. The > > legislature rubber-stamped Suharto's presidency and > > he was re-elected unopposed six times. > > > > During the Cold War, Suharto was considered a > > reliable friend of Washington, which didn't oppose > > his violent occupation of Papua in 1969 and the > > bloody 1974 invasion of East Timor. The latter, a > > former Portuguese colony, became Asia's youngest > > country with a U.N.-sponsored plebiscite in 1999. > > > > Even Suharto's critics agree his hard-line policies > > kept a lid on Indonesia's extremists. He locked up > > hundreds of suspected Islamic militants without > > trial, some of whom later carried out deadly suicide > > bombings with the al-Qaida-linked terror network > > Jemaah Islamiyah after the Sept. 11 attacks on the > > U.S. > > > > Meanwhile, the ruling clique that formed around > > Suharto — nicknamed the "Berkeley mafia" after their > > American university, the University of California, > > Berkeley — transformed Indonesia's economy and > > attracted billions of dollars in foreign investment. > > > > > > By the late 1980s, Suharto was describing himself as > > Indonesia's "father of development," taking credit > > for slowly reducing the number of abjectly poor and > > modernizing parts of the nation. > > > > But the government also became notorious for > > unfettered nepotism, and Indonesia was regularly > > ranked as one of the world's most corrupt nations as > > Suharto's inner circle amassed fabulous wealth. The > > World Bank estimates 20 percent to 30 percent of > > Indonesia's development budget was embezzled during > > his rule. > > > > Even today, Suharto's children and aging associates > > have considerable sway over the country's business, > > politics and courts. Efforts to recover the money > > have been fruitless. > > > > Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala > > Putra, was released from prison in 2006 after > > serving a third of a 15-year sentence for ordering > > the assassination of a Supreme Court judge. Another > > son, Bambang Trihatmodjo, joined the Forbes list of > > wealthiest Indonesians in 2007, with $200 million > > from his stake in the conglomerate Mediacom. > > Suharto's economic policies, based on unsecured > > borrowing by his cronies, dramatically unraveled > > shortly before he was toppled in May 1998. Indonesia > > is still recovering from what economists called the > > worst economic meltdown anywhere in 50 years. > > > > State prosecutors accused Suharto of embezzling > > about $600 million via a complex web of foundations > > under his control, but he never saw the inside of a > > courtroom. In September 2000, judges ruled he was > > too > === message truncated === > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > Majulah Gorontalo kita! Yahoo! Groups Links ___________________________________ L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova Yahoo! Mail: http://it.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
