Old and sick and with no official authority, former president Suharto may be a shadow of his former self but he has not lost everything. Since he was rushed to the Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta on Monday last week as his condition worsened, the retired strongman has had only the best of treatment.

Just look at Suharto’s suite in room 605, the plushest type of room available there, reserved for ‘very very important persons’