WHEN Indonesian Military (TNI) Lieutenant-General (ret) Ahmad Kemal Idris died last week on Wednesday morning of July 28 at the age of 84 many saw it as the end of the TNI generation of ’45.

Kemal, as he was known, was indeed an important figure from his generation. He was regarded as the prototype of his generation in the military. He embarked on his military profession as a young lad trained by the Japanese, long before Indonesia declared it