They Finally Speak Out...
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
Some figures from the past have finally come forward. Next Tuesday, former Air Force chief of staff, Omar Dani, will release his new book. It gives his account of what took place on the 'September 30 Movement' (G30S), the 1965 attempt to seize control of the government. Also, former assistant prime minister Subandrio wrote his story, but the manuscript was destroyed by his publisher.
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In the history books, they are not known as heroes. Omar Dani, Untung, Latief, Aidit, Subandrio, and so on, are shady figures in the New Order's version what happened. By means of the White Book, the film Communist Treason of the September 30 Movement which was made by Arifin C. Noer, and a 32-year long campaign, the New Order government (under former president Suharto) created the history which all Indonesians are familiar with: that the 'Septembe
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