Related to Soeharto funeral covering, some of Indonesian media experts criticized Indonesian media as not put the principle of equality. They said that Soeharto whose accussed as the biggest corruptor in the world exposed on one side only. The side which chosen by media is to show heroism side of him only. As for your information, Soeharto is the longest president of Indonesia. He was at presidency around 32 years. But he got his top position in his country through bloody hidden coup against the first presiden Soekarno.
Whenever he was president, there were many cases related to human rights violence. Maybe you already now about Timor-Timur (our former province which liberated at 2003 through open referendum) or Aceh. He also commanded several action like Petrus (this is Indonesian acronym for “Pembunuhan Misterius” or “Mysterious Killing”). Not only that, since the beginning of his New Order regime, his hand not clean from blood since he indicated to order mass killing to PKI (Partai Komunis Indonesia-Indonesian Communist Party) member & Soekarno’s supporter. But all of that ‘messy thing’ were not appeared on Indonesian media during his funeral covering.
