GRAVE VIOLATION
No Rest in Kalibata

The Guerrilla Star medal recipient at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery was silently dug up. It was the first time ever.

May 4, 2011

THE grave in Block W 806 of the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, Jakarta, is now vacant. There is only a round stone on the red soil now beginning to dry. The remains of Air Force Lt. Col. (ret) Heru Atmodjo had rested there—before they were abruptly gone.

Silently, the Indonesian Military (TNI) Garrison excavated the grave at midnight on March 25. Attended by a small number of family members, the body buried on January 29 was disinterred and then f

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