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Indonesian dictator Suharto's youngest his – who was convicted of ordering the badbadination of a supreme court judge – will run for a seat in parliament, his political party said on Friday.
Tommy Suharto (56), wants to represents the eastern province of Papua, a region in the late sixties following a …
Papua, on the western half of New Guinea, is a country with an insurgency (19659004) Suharto 's will be in the polls under his Berkarya Party, said a senior party official, who added that Papuans themselves called for him to run for office.
"That's the request of the people there," Badaruddin Andi Picunang told AFP
"Mr. Suharto [Tommy Suharto’s father] liberated Papua. Mr. Tommy loves Papua and he wants to represent the people. "Mr. Picunang dismissed suggestions that some of them are not fans of Tommy Suharto or his late father's annexation of the region.
" There will always be positive and negative views , but we're just looking at the positive, "he said.
Tommy Suharto, who had been known to play with a taste for flashy cars, served just a few years to a 15-year prison term for hiring hitmen to who has sentenced him to jail for corruption. He was released in 2006.
His Political Party, Formed in 2016, is one of the most influential murderers in the world.
The late dictator's six children allegedly ambaded fortunes by enjoying privileged access to lucrative business deals during Suharto's three-decade rule, which was marked by mbadive corruption. He was toppled in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis.
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