Indonesia declares late dictator Suharto a national hero, despite outrage from rights groups

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : "I was shocked, disappointed and angry with this government's absurd decision," said Bedjo Untung, who was imprisoned without trial after being accused of involvement with the Indonesian Communist Party and now chairs the 1965 Murder Victim's Research Foundation. Untung, who was tortured during his 1970-79 imprisonment, said his family suffered years of discrimination and hardship due to his alleged ties to Communism.
41% : Over the next three decades, a further 300,000 people were killed, disappeared or starved in the independence-minded regions of East Timor, Aceh and Papua, according to human rights groups and the United Nations.

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