Former Assembly\/House speaker Wahono buried<\/p>\n
Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Lt. Gen. (ret) Wahono, a former Golkar Party chairman and also
\nformer House of Representatives\/People's Consultative Assembly
\nspeaker, who died on Monday evening, was buried on Tuesday at the
\nKalibata heroes cemetery in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Suffering from pulmonary problems, Wahono, 79, died only hours
\nafter being rushed to the Pertamina General Hospital in South
\nJakarta for medical treatment.<\/p>\n
Many influential figures from the authoritarian New Order
\nregime visited Wahono's house on Jl. Iskandarsyah, South Jakarta,
\nto pay their respects. The most important of them was former
\npresident Soeharto, who appeared healthy. He walked unaided,
\ndetikcom news portal said.<\/p>\n
It was a rare public appearance for Soeharto. The 83-year-old,
\nwho ruled Indonesia until 1998, has managed to escape trial for
\nsuspected corruption on health grounds and has lived quietly at
\nhis private residence in the upmarket Central Jakarta area of
\nMenteng since he was forced to resign amid mounting unrest after
\n32 years in power.<\/p>\n
Other prominent figures included former vice president
\nSudharmono, former minister of manpower Cosmas Batubara, former
\nminister of defense Eddie Sudrajat and former minister of justice
\nOetojo Oesman.<\/p>\n
\"As a former Golkar chairman, Pak Wahono dedicated himself to
\nthe party, and we feel a great loss,\" Golkar leader Akbar
\nTandjung said on behalf of the party.<\/p>\n
Besides having a stellar political career, Wahono -- who once
\nserved as East Java governor -- was also involved in a series of
\nmilitary operations across the nation before retiring as a three-
\nstar general holding the second most senior position in Army
\nHeadquarters.<\/p>\n
His military career began when he joined the Kanbu Kyoiku
\nmilitary training school in Bogor, West Java, in 1943. At the
\ntime, Indonesia was under Japanese occupation. After the country
\ndeclared independence in 1945, Wahono signed up as a soldier in
\nthe Badan Keamanan Rakyat (People's Security Body), an
\ninstitution that became the embryo of the Indonesian Military
\n(TNI).<\/p>\n
As one of Soeharto's aides, Wahono was appointed second
\nassistant to the chief of the Army's Strategic Reserve Command
\n(Kostrad) before finally serving as Kostrad commander from 1972
\nto 1973, replacing Soeharto.<\/p>\n
Wahono also played a prominent role as a diplomatic, and
\nserved as ambassador to Myanmar and Nepal.<\/p>\n
Born in Tulungagung, East Java, on March, 25, 1925, Wahono is
\nsurvived by a wife, Mintarsih Syahbandar, four sons and two
\ndaughters.<\/p>\n
His body was buried in a military ceremony presided over by
\nKostrad commander Lt. Gen. Hadi Waluyo.<\/p>",
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