Indonesia Still Hasn’t Come to Terms With Suharto’s Crimes

On July 27 this year, a black covering fell from a bronze statue in the courtyard at the headquarters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in central Jakarta. The sculpture revealed a woman with her mouth open in a cry, her arms wrapped around five figures whose heads bend beneath an unseen weight. Designed by the politically engaged Indonesian sculptor , the monument marks the thirtieth anniversary of Kudatuli — Kerusuhan Dua Puluh Tujuh Juli, or the July 27 riots. This was…