Grave Violation

The grave of a hero has been excavated for no clear reason. Clearer rules and regulations on relocating graveyards must be established.

May 4, 2011

THE late Lieutenant-Colonel Heru Atmodjo is probably resting more peacefully in his current resting place at Segok cemetery in Bangil, East Java. The remains of Heru, a recipient of the Guerrilla Star award, was moved by his ‘political opponents,’ from his former grave at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta to his present resting place at Segok. In this riverside graveyard, he may well be communing with the late Islamic scholars and stude

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