What happened to Suteja?

What happened to Suteja?

Thank you for the informative article in The Jakarta Post, Oct. 3, on the 1965 unrest. I cannot find the answer to what happened to someone of interest to me.

I married into the family (since divorced) of Suteja who was the first governor (local Bali history discredits that) of Bali. Suteja was the son of the king of Jembrana regency, Bali.

Governor Suteja had many sons/daughters who are all in their fifties and sixties now. One son tells me Suteja and his daughter were playing tennis in Denpasar in September 1965. His driver informed him he had to go somewhere. That's the last they ever saw of him.

The family always said he was in exile sending money every month. I believe they were afraid of the truth. Or some said he had another family.

His wife never received a pension because of his political leanings. I have seen many photos of Suteja/Sukarno together. It seemed Sukarno was charmed by the bright dynamic Suteja (vice versa). I have heard horrific stories of the brutality in Bali in 1965. The mayor of Negara (capital of Jembrana) was tied dead on the front of a car and paraded through the streets. They say the rivers were literally red in Bali. If anyone protested a friend being killed or taken away he would also be killed on the spot.

Guess my real question is: what happened to Suteja? Was he killed? Is he alive? Or is he just a person who vanished and no one knows what happened to him?

If you have any answers I would be very appreciative.

FRANCIS MOSHER Jakarta