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Jafar Suryomengolo's Clarification

A colleague sent me a copy of the article from Tempo's December 21, 2015, edition regarding Ben Anderson. Below are a few issues that I feel need to be clarified:

December 29, 2015

Jafar Suryomengolo's Clarification

A colleague sent me a copy of the article from Tempo's December 21, 2015, edition regarding Ben Anderson. Below are a few issues that I feel need to be clarified:

1. Both the English and Japanese versions of Ben's autobiography did not mention him being gay. Ben's sexual orientation was an open secret, but Ben did not broach the topic in his autobiography. He talked about his sexual orientation in his correspondence w

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