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Suharto Is a National Hero Now. Naturally, Someone Nominated Netanyahu.
What Actually Happened
| # | Claim | Date | Entities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On 10 November 2025, Indonesia's government posthumously conferred national hero status on former president Suharto, one of ten new honorees named in a ceremony led by President Prabowo Subianto, Suharto's former son-in-law. | Suharto, Prabowo Subianto, National Hero | BBC News (archived) | |
| 2 | On Human Rights Day, 9 December 2025, KontraS issued a report tying Suharto's national hero title to a broader government-backed effort to rewrite Indonesian history, including revised national history textbooks. | KontraS, Suharto, National Hero | Zona Utara (citing KontraS Human Rights Day report) (archived) | |
| 3 | In February 2026, a Boyolali farmer named Bejo, joined by 33 other residents displaced by the Suharto-era Kedung Ombo Dam project, filed a lawsuit at Jakarta's State Administrative Court (PTUN) against the presidential decree naming Suharto a national hero, citing 35 years of unpaid compensation. | Kedung Ombo Dam, Boyolali, PTUN, Suharto | Joglosemar News (archived) | |
| 4 | A related PTUN filing argued that Suharto's national hero title causes ongoing moral and psychological harm to Kedung Ombo Dam victims and violates Indonesia's 2009 honors law, seeking cancellation of the decree and suspension of the hero status pending trial. | PTUN, Kedung Ombo Dam, Suharto | Monitor Indonesia (archived) | |
| 5 | In April 2026, the civil-society coalition GEMAS (Gerakan Masyarakat Sipil Adili Soeharto) filed its own PTUN Jakarta lawsuit against President Prabowo over the same decree, after a December 2025 administrative objection to the State Secretariat went unanswered. | GEMAS, PTUN, Prabowo Subianto, Suharto | Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) (archived) |