Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has presented former President Muhammad Soeharto, accused of corruption and human rights violations, with the national hero title.
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Indonesia’s former President Muhammad Soeharto, whose three-decade rule was marred by accusations of mass human rights violations, was posthumously named a “national hero” on Monday, causing backlash.
The title was conferred in a ceremony presided over by President Prabowo Subianto, a former military general and Soeharto’s former son-in-law, despite protests by pro-democracy activists and the families of those affected by the former leader’s iron-fisted rule.
