On a Ramadan Trip

JUST like many other Muslims or Javanese people in general, former president Suharto did not miss out on the traditional pilgrimage prior to the fasting month of Ramadan. In Bantul, Yogyakarta, last week, he climbed 41 steps to reach the grave of his mother, Sukirah, located at the top of a hill. He was greatly determined. Nobody helped him and he did not require a walking stick either.

Neither did he sit in a wheelchair as he was regularly

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