Harmoko"That's slander!"

In a speech during a thanksgiving function in 1983 after he had just been sworn in as information minister in the Third Development Cabinet, Harmoko grandly announced: "God willing, there will be no revocation of press licenses as long as I'm information minister." Golden days were ahead of him. And the message offered a new hope to his colleagues in the press. After all, the honeymoon period between the media and the Suharto authorities followi

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