HabibieS Book Of Problems

B.J. Habibies book, Decisive Moments, has started a new polemic. Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto demands that the author revise certain sections. Habibie refuses to do so. Some generals have commented on the 535-page book to Tempo.

October 3, 2006

AFTER seven years of seclusion in Germany, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie returned home bringing a big surprise. Two weeks ago, the former Indonesian president launched a new book entitled Decisive Moments, the story of the dramatic transfer of power from President Suharto to Habibie on May 21, 1998. Habibie wrote about members of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) operating outside of the command of the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) comm

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