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People hold placards depicting late Indonesian President Suharto during a rally against a government proposal to name him a national hero, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Indonesia protest

A woman holds a placard depicting late Indonesian President Suharto during a rally against a government proposal to name him a national hero, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Visitors to Suharto museum in Indonesia

YOGYAKARTA, Japan - Women line up for a photo in front of a statue of the late former Indonesian President Suharto at the Suharto museum in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on June 11, 2014.

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Suharto T-shirts sold in Indonesia

SOLO, Japan - A woman sells T-shirts showing images of the late former Indonesian President Suharto near Solo, Indonesia, on June 8, 2014.

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Former Indonesian strongman Suharto dies at 86

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Suharto expresses his intention to resign at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta in a photo taken in May 1998. Suharto, who shaped and ruled the country for 32 years through ruthless but quiet authoritarianism, died on Jan. 27 at age 86.

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Former Indonesian strongman Suharto dies at 86

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Suharto (C) poses with U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (R) prior to an informal APEC summit at the Bogor Palace near Jakarta in November 1994. Suharto who shaped and ruled the country for 32 years through ruthless but quiet authoritarianism, died on Jan. 27 at age 86.

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Former Indonesian strongman Suharto dies at 86

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Suharto (R) is greeted by Japanese Emperor Hirohito (posthumously known as Emperor Showa) on arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport in a photo taken in March 1968. Suharto who shaped and ruled the country for 32 years through ruthless but quiet authoritarianism, died on Jan. 27 at age 86.

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Suharto's son-in-law denies involvement in bombings

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Retired Lt. Gen. Prabowo Subianto, a son-in-law of former President Suharto, speaks at a news conference in Jakarta on Jan. 17. He denied any involvement in Christmas Eve bombings that killed 19 people in several cities in Indonesia. ''I was not involved...the accusation is mean,'' Prabowo said.

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Violence erupts after Suharto case dismissed

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A bus belonging to a group of supporters of former Indonesian President Suharto is set on fire and burned by students in southern Jakarta on Sept. 28 after an Indonesian court dismissed the corruption case against Suharto. The court dismissed the case after hearing from an independent team of doctors that the 79-year-old is not fit to stand trial.

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Students protest Suharto's absence from court

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Students protest in Jakarta on Aug. 31 over the nonattendance of former Indonesian President Suharto at a session of his trial for corruption. The court opened earlier in the day under the jurisdiction of the South Jakarta District Court, but was soon adjourned until Sept. 14 because of the Suharto's absence on medical grounds.

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Project group helped by Japan on suspect donation list

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo shows the building that houses the office of ''Yayasan (Foundation) Supersemar,'' one of former President Suharto's charity foundations. The Asahan Development Authority, which supervises the biggest Indonesian power plant and aluminum project funded by Japanese official assistance, was found Aug. 23 on a list of donors to the foundation.

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Students demonstrate near Suharto's home in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Students demand the arrest of former Indonesian President Suharto near his private house in Jakarta on Aug. 3. A lawyer for Suharto said the same day that prosecutors will file indictment proceedings against the former president at the South Jakarta District Court next week over his alleged embezzlement of $571 million in state money.

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Students march on Suharto's residence

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Shouting ''Revolution, revolution, revolution until we die'' or ''Hang Suharto,'' students march on the Jakarta residence of the former Indonesian president on April 13. Clashes broke out later as police tried to block the students.

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Reformer Amien elected Indonesian assembly speaker

JAKARTA, Indonesia - This is a file photo of Indonesian reformist Amien Rais, who was elected speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly on Oct. 3. Amien, 55, has chaired the minority National Mandate Party. As head of Indonesia's second largest Islamic group, the 25-million-strong Muhammadiyah, Amien was prominent in the movement to force then President Suharto to resign last year.

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Indonesians head to polls in historic vote

The photo shows Indonesians in the suburbs of Jakarta voting June 7 in the first election since the fall of former President Suharto, and the country's first open and transparent election in 44 years. In choosing from among 48 political parties, Indonesian voters are being afforded an unprecedented opportunity to render their verdict on the ruling Golkar party's decades-long domination of the Indonesian political scene.

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Megawati makes campaigning visit to E. Timor

Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri makes a speech at a rally of some 3,000 supporters in East Timor's capital Dili on June 1. She appealed for peace and urged East Timorese to remain part of the Indonesian ''family'' despite their sufferings during former President Suharto's rule. Megawati made the half-day visit to East Timor four days before the close of campaigning in Indonesia's June 7 House of Representatives elections.

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Suharto's daughter visits Indonesia attorney office

Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana (C), the eldest daughter of disgraced former Indonesian President Suharto, visits the attorney general's office in Jakarta on May 31. No reason was given for the visit but the office is reportedly investigating corruption allegedly involving Suharto.

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Chinese Indonesians mark first New Year in reform era

Indonesians of Chinese ancestry celebrate the Lunar New Year with traditional dancing in Jakarta on Thursday Feb, 18. For many of them, the New Year being celebrated this year is somewhat different from those in the past. They hope their culture and right to celebrate as they wish will be more respected after President B.J. Habibie revoked policies in force during three decades of rule by former President Suharto that had discriminated against them and other ethnic groups in Indonesia.

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Suharto's son questioned by prosecutors

Former Indonesian President Suharto's third and youngest son, Hutomo ''Tommy'' Mandala Putra (C), arrives at the Indonesian Public Supreme Prosecutors Office on Jan. 27 for questioning over suspected corruption involving the Suharto family. He is believed to have been grilled over an alleged unfair favor for his auto company's ''National Car'' project.

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Indonesian soldiers remove students

Indonesia's armed forces remove thousands of university students from parliament May 23, hours after President B.J. Habibie sacked family members and associates of former President Suharto from key positions in the government and military. The photo shows students retreating from the parliament building by bus, demanding Habibie's resignation.

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Indonesian students demonstrate

Indonesian students demonstrate within the Parliament compounds in Jakarta on May 19 demanding President Suharto step down to take responsibility for the country's economic crisis and the killings of hundreds of protesters.

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Students demonstrate in Jakarta

Indonesian students staged their first full-scale streetdemonstrations in Jakarta on April 23 demanding the resignation of President Suharto.

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Former Indonesian strongman Suharto dies at 86

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Suharto (C) poses with U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (R) prior to an informal APEC summit at the Bogor Palace near Jakarta in November 1994. Suharto who shaped and ruled the country for 32 years through ruthless but quiet authoritarianism, died on Jan. 27 at age 86. (Kyodo)

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Former Indonesian strongman Suharto dies at 86

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Suharto expresses his intention to resign at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta in a photo taken in May 1998. Suharto, who shaped and ruled the country for 32 years through ruthless but quiet authoritarianism, died on Jan. 27 at age 86. (Kyodo)

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Former Indonesian strongman Suharto dies at 86

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Suharto (R) is greeted by Japanese Emperor Hirohito (posthumously known as Emperor Showa) on arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport in a photo taken in March 1968. Suharto who shaped and ruled the country for 32 years through ruthless but quiet authoritarianism, died on Jan. 27 at age 86. (Kyodo)

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Chinese Indonesians mark first New Year in reform era

Indonesians of Chinese ancestry celebrate the Lunar New Year with traditional dancing in Jakarta on Thursday Feb, 18. For many of them, the New Year being celebrated this year is somewhat different from those in the past. They hope their culture and right to celebrate as they wish will be more respected after President B.J. Habibie revoked policies in force during three decades of rule by former President Suharto that had discriminated against them and other ethnic groups in Indonesia.

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Violence erupts after Suharto case dismissed

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A bus belonging to a group of supporters of former Indonesian President Suharto is set on fire and burned by students in southern Jakarta on Sept. 28 after an Indonesian court dismissed the corruption case against Suharto. The court dismissed the case after hearing from an independent team of doctors that the 79-year-old is not fit to stand trial.

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Project group helped by Japan on suspect donation list

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo shows the building that houses the office of ''Yayasan (Foundation) Supersemar,'' one of former President Suharto's charity foundations. The Asahan Development Authority, which supervises the biggest Indonesian power plant and aluminum project funded by Japanese official assistance, was found Aug. 23 on a list of donors to the foundation.

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Indonesians continue to search for justice for May 1998 riots

Maria Sanu in this photo taken on May 10, 2018 at her home in East Jakarta shows a photo of her 15-year-old son Stefanus who went missing in May 1998 in the wake of mass riots occurring across Indonesia that led to the fall of then President Suharto from power. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors to Suharto museum in Indonesia

YOGYAKARTA, Japan - Women line up for a photo in front of a statue of the late former Indonesian President Suharto at the Suharto museum in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on June 11, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Suharto's son-in-law denies involvement in bombings

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Retired Lt. Gen. Prabowo Subianto, a son-in-law of former President Suharto, speaks at a news conference in Jakarta on Jan. 17. He denied any involvement in Christmas Eve bombings that killed 19 people in several cities in Indonesia. ''I was not involved...the accusation is mean,'' Prabowo said.

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Students protest Suharto's absence from court

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Students protest in Jakarta on Aug. 31 over the nonattendance of former Indonesian President Suharto at a session of his trial for corruption. The court opened earlier in the day under the jurisdiction of the South Jakarta District Court, but was soon adjourned until Sept. 14 because of the Suharto's absence on medical grounds.

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Students demonstrate near Suharto's home in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Students demand the arrest of former Indonesian President Suharto near his private house in Jakarta on Aug. 3. A lawyer for Suharto said the same day that prosecutors will file indictment proceedings against the former president at the South Jakarta District Court next week over his alleged embezzlement of $571 million in state money.

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Students march on Suharto's residence

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Shouting ''Revolution, revolution, revolution until we die'' or ''Hang Suharto,'' students march on the Jakarta residence of the former Indonesian president on April 13. Clashes broke out later as police tried to block the students.

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Reformer Amien elected Indonesian assembly speaker

JAKARTA, Indonesia - This is a file photo of Indonesian reformist Amien Rais, who was elected speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly on Oct. 3. Amien, 55, has chaired the minority National Mandate Party. As head of Indonesia's second largest Islamic group, the 25-million-strong Muhammadiyah, Amien was prominent in the movement to force then President Suharto to resign last year.

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Indonesians head to polls in historic vote

The photo shows Indonesians in the suburbs of Jakarta voting June 7 in the first election since the fall of former President Suharto, and the country's first open and transparent election in 44 years. In choosing from among 48 political parties, Indonesian voters are being afforded an unprecedented opportunity to render their verdict on the ruling Golkar party's decades-long domination of the Indonesian political scene.

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Megawati makes campaigning visit to E. Timor

Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri makes a speech at a rally of some 3,000 supporters in East Timor's capital Dili on June 1. She appealed for peace and urged East Timorese to remain part of the Indonesian ''family'' despite their sufferings during former President Suharto's rule. Megawati made the half-day visit to East Timor four days before the close of campaigning in Indonesia's June 7 House of Representatives elections. ==Kyodo

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Suharto's daughter visits Indonesia attorney office

Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana (C), the eldest daughter of disgraced former Indonesian President Suharto, visits the attorney general's office in Jakarta on May 31. No reason was given for the visit but the office is reportedly investigating corruption allegedly involving Suharto. ==Kyodo

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Suharto's son questioned by prosecutors

Former Indonesian President Suharto's third and youngest son, Hutomo ''Tommy'' Mandala Putra (C), arrives at the Indonesian Public Supreme Prosecutors Office on Jan. 27 for questioning over suspected corruption involving the Suharto family. He is believed to have been grilled over an alleged unfair favor for his auto company's ''National Car'' project. ==Kyodo

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Ruling Golkar party proposes hou

A faction of Indonesia's ruling Golkar party in the People's Consultative Assembly proposes Saturday Nov. 21 that former President Suharto be put under house arrest and an independent body be established to investigate his personal wealth. ''We propose that an independent body be set up to examine policies taken by former President Suharto under his government and his personal wealth,'' Marzuki Darusman (R), chairman of the party's faction in the country's highest constitutional body, said at a news conference in Jakarta. ==Kyodo

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Probe into Suharto's wealth begi

Indonesia's Attorney General Soerjono Atmodinegoro meets the press in Jakarta on June 1 and announces the start of an investigation into the wealth of government officials, including that belonging to former President Suharto and his family. ==Kyodo

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Suharto announces resignation

Indonesian President Suharto (C.) announced his resignation at the presidential palace in the morning on May 21 with Vice President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (R.) present at the announcement. Suharto said Habibie would serve out Suharto's presidential term until 2003. ==Kyodo

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Indonesian students demonstrate

Indonesian students demonstrate within the Parliament compounds in Jakarta on May 19 demanding President Suharto step down to take responsibility for the country's economic crisis and the killings of hundreds of protesters.

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Indonesia students confront sec

University students, calling for the resignation of President Suharto, feud with security forces in front of the parliament building in Jakarta on May 18.

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Pres. Suharto sworn in

Indonesian President Suharto is sworn in March 11 for a seventh five-year term of office and calls on Indonesians to unite to overcome hardships resulting from the country's ongoing economic and monetary crisis. ==Kyodo