THE meeting between members of the two generations took place in September 2005. In the presence of hundreds of witnesses, Suharto’s three daughters took the aging Liem Sioe Liong’s shaking hand in a gesture of greeting. Siti Hardijanti Rukmana, Siti Hediati Harijadi and Siti Hutami Endang Adiningsih took turns paying homage to their father’s old friend.

The nation’s top tycoon in the days of the New Order responded warmly with a big smi