Two views on Suharto’s deathwatch

Below are two views as Suharto’s health declines and he seems to be close to meeting his maker. The first is a letter to the editor in The Jakarta Post where a reader expresses her disgust at the invasion of Suharto’s privacy in his last moments.The second is a reading of Seno Gumira Ajidarma’s 1994 satire called Waiting for Uncle Scrooge‘s Death.

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Soeharto’s picture

I am well aware of the fact that the news media take pride in
providing the public with reports that are as accurate and complete

as possible.

However, when I looked at the picture of ex-president Soeharto, an
elderly man obviously suffering and in a critical condition, on the
front page of The Jakarta Post on Jan. 9, I felt distinctly
uncomfortable. I felt as if I was a discourteous and unwanted
intruder on an occurrence which should have been very private and
restricted, and reserved for the critically ill patient and his

nearest family members only.

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Butet menunggu kematian Paman Gober

Tidak hanya sastrawan Putu Wijaya yang tampil luar biasa dan memukau
lewat monolognya pada penyerahan Federasi Teater Indonesia (FTI) Award
2007 di Teater Studio, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Rabu (9/1)
malam. Sang Presiden BBM, Si Butet Yogya, yang tampil membacakan

cerita pendek (cerpen), juga luar biasa dan membuat gelak tawa.

One response to “Two views on Suharto’s deathwatch”

Shep

January 17, 2008 at 2:40 am

To those unfamiliar with the brutality of Suharto’s rule, you owe it to yourself to take a look at the ground-breaking documentary “Terlena-Breaking of a Nation.” You can find it at http://www.asiana-press-agency.com/terlena.html.

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