A ‘Bugis’ Tale

Prabowo Subianto is accused of planning the abduction of some generals. The Armed Forces was reluctant to take action against this Suharto son-in-law at that time.

March 17, 2009

IT was one morning in March 1983. The mood at the Headquarters of the 81st Detachment/Sandi Yudha Anti-Terror Force Command (Kopassandha) in Cijantung, East Jakarta, was tense. All of the units present at “Bugis”—the code name for the headquarters of this elite unit—were ready to roll. Major Luhut Pandjaitan, commander of the 81st Detachment, who at the time had just arrived, was surprised to see the tense situation. “What’s going on?�

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