The Last of the Five-Star Generals?
February 5, 2008
Bambang Harymurti
FULL military honors accompanied Suharto to his final resting place on Monday last week. A Red-and-White held taut at its four corners by four military officers spread over the casket as it was lowered into the ground. A salvo was fired in salute in the presence of chiefs of the armed services followed by the rendering of Gugur Bunga played by a military band.
There was nothing unusual in the way Suharto was