Private Parts

Once home to former president Sukarno, Gebang Palace is now closed to the public, while its beneficiaries do battle over its management.

May 1, 2001

The whitewashed structure looks far from modern. Even though it stands in spacious grounds, the house on Jalan Sultan Agung, Blitar, East Java, looks more like an aged Dutch colonial mansion than a palace. Antiquated it may be, but the house is certainly well known. The reason has something to do with its former owners, R. Sokemi Satrodihardjo and Ida Ayu Nyoman Rai, none other than the parents of Indonesia’s founding father, Sukarno. It w

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