Riau relocates heroes' remains

Riau relocates heroes' remains

PEKANBARU, Riau: Authorities exhumed the bodies of 18 freedom
fighters from various cemeteries and gave them a proper heroes
burial, complete with military ceremony, at the Kusuma Bhakti
Cemetery in Pekanbaru yesterday, Antara reported.

The ceremony coincided with yesterday's national Heroes Day.
It was led by Col. Songko Purnomo, chief of the Wirabima military
command.

The relocation was the initiative of the Executive Council of
the Generation of 1945.

The Kusuma Bhakti Cemetery was inaugurated by Riau Governor
Soeripto in August for burying the freedom fighters, currently
buried in different areas in Riau, in one place, a council
member, Idris Sutrisna, said. The cemetery has room for 1,200
graves. (emb)