First Day in Cell 17A
We take a glance at Tommy Suhartos daily routine in Nusakambangan. Is it at all that different to yesteryear?
August 20, 2002
Towards midday a tray slid into cell 17A. In the blink of an eye a plate of white rice, a slice of beef, Javanese sayur lodeh and plain water were handed over to the prisoner inside. This was the first meal in his new home for Hutomo Mandala Putra, alias Tommy Suharto, 40, the cells new occupant. Like it or not, that was the menu the Prince of Cendana had to eat since his transfer last Thursday to Batu prison of Nusakambangan, the top security
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