The furtive whispers of one or two members of the organizing committee on commemorating Pancasila Sanctity Day last year hit Amelia Yani like the crash of thunder. They said that the commemoration was just a waste of money. "That's the extent of the appreciation for our fathers?" asked General Ahmad Yani's daughter, who witnessed her father's murder on the dawn of 1 October 1965.

Amelia and the children of the two Revolution Heroes hastened to