Aborted PKI coup fades from memory

Aborted PKI coup fades from memory

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Fewer and fewer people in
Banjarmasin mourned on Friday the deaths of Army generals that
occurred during the aborted coup of the now defunct Indonesian
Communist Party (PKI) on Sept. 30 forty years ago.

While during the Soeharto regime between 1967 and 1998 almost
all government offices and private houses flew the national flag
at half mast to commemorate the anniversary of the coup, on
Friday only a few government offices flew the flag at half mast.

During the Sept. 30 coup six Army generals were allegedly
murdered by pro-PKI military members. General Soeharto, the then
chief of the Army Reserves Unit (Kostrad) quickly moved to
counter the coup which led to the eradication of the PKI
eradication nationwide. -- Antara