The Waving (ex-) General

With Suharto in hospital, his former political adversaries made moves to reconcile by visiting him there—but reconciliation does not seem to be on the horizon.

May 17, 2005

MOVING slowly, and in a wheelchair, Suharto waved to the people in the lobby of the Pertamina Central Hospital (RSPP) in South Jakarta. Behind him was a host of medical team members and security guards. He wore a violet sarong and light green koko (typical local style) shirt. Though still not completely recovered, he decided on Thursday last week to leave the hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for a week, and to go home to

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