Deadlock at Dawn
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
EVERYONE seemed to be racing against time. Almost everyone on the fifth floor of Pertamina Central Hospital, Jakarta, thought that Suharto would soon depart on Friday night, two weeks ago. The condition of the New Order ruler, who had been receiving medical treatment the previous week, was critical.
Two airplanes were readied at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta. If Suharto had died that night, his body would have been flown to Solo, Centra
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