Suharto Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 01:34 · 142 words · print
The health of former Indonesian dictator Suharto took a sharp downturn Sunday, and his doctors said he was unconscious, breathing through a ventilator, and in "very critical" condition.
Dozens of doctors on his medical team were rushed to the Pertamina Hospital in the capital after his blood pressure fell suddenly Saturday night.
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Suharto led a regime widely regarded as one of the 20th century's most brutal and corrupt for 32 years until he was toppled in May 1998 amid massive pro-democracy street protests. Since then, he has lived a reclusive life in a comfortable villa in downtown Jakarta.
Historians say up to 800,000 alleged communist sympathizers were killed during his rise to power from 1965 to 1968 and his troops killed another 300,000 in military operations against independence movements in Papua, Aceh and East Timor. No one has been punished over the killings.
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