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Indonesia After Suharto—The Last King of Java Forgiven (By Elites)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

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In his brilliant and hilarious short story – “Winding Road To Heaven” – Tongan writer Epeli Hau'ofa unwittingly described Indonesia: …“And not so long ago, when five very, very important men discovered that they had together helped themselves to half a million dollars of public money to which they had no right to help themselves, they prayed for God's forgiveness, they forgave each other, and they neither had to resign from their very important jobs nor return any money to anyone.”

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