Gen. (ret) Soemitro still in coma<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Former chief of a now defunct internal security
\nagency (Pangkopkamtib) Gen. (ret) Soemitro was still in a coma
\nyesterday, two days after being hospitalized here for a stroke.<\/p>\n
A doctor on duty at Mitra Kemayoran Hospital's Intensive Care
\nUnit told The Jakarta Post that he could not give a prognosis on
\nthe 71-year-old retired general.<\/p>\n
\"He's still being evaluated,\" the doctor, who asked for
\nanonymity, said when asked if it was true that Soemitro was
\nsuffering a serious brain hemorrhage.<\/p>\n
His family and relatives could not be reached for comment
\nyesterday. An aide in his home, when contacted by phone, said all
\nfamily members were at the hospital.<\/p>\n
The Suara Pembaruan afternoon daily yesterday quoted his son-
\nin-law, Dadi Kartahadimadja, as saying that it was possible that
\nthe once very powerful general -- at one time dubbed \"Indonesia's
\nNo. 2 man\" -- was exhausted from attending too many seminars as a
\nspeaker.<\/p>\n
\"He is always in high spirits when speaking in front of young
\npeople, even though he faces criticism and arguments from them,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Soemitro, the father of five children, is recognized as a
\nsharp intellectual following his retirement from the military in
\n1974, soon after the bloody clampdown of a student protest on
\nJan. 15 of that year.<\/p>\n
With his past experiences, Soemitro is also a very popular
\nwriter of nonfiction books.<\/p>\n
His latest work, (Pangkopkamtib Jen. Soemitro dan Peristiwa 15
\nJanuari 1974 (Chief of the Internal Security Agency and the Jan.
\n15, 1974 Incident), was published this year by Pustaka Sinar
\nHarapan.<\/p>\n
Soemitro was born in Probolinggo, East Java, on Jan. 13, 1927.
\n(aan)<\/p>",
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