TNI: The Quiet Indonesians?
The military is determined to see the coup article retained in the new TNI Bill. The Department of Defense, however, appears to have a different view.
March 11, 2003
ONE day last December in the Department of Defense offices near Monas, Jakarta. A number of Indonesian Military (TNI) officers were meeting with several political observers, Kusnanto and Rizal Sukma, from the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, defense expert Riefki Muna, and a number of other observers.
The atmosphere was serious. They were discussing the new TNI Billa draft law setting ou
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