Justice • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 30, 2015 • 11 min read
Suharto and Indonesia A bloody legacy
By
Nithin Coca
• Dec 30, 2015
Fifty years ago, one of the most violent episodes in recent history took place across the Indonesian archipelago. Under General Suharto, an estimated 500,000 people were murdered in just two years, and the effects of the dictator’s rule are still reverberating through society