Tag: dictatorship

Indonesia seizes land owned by Suharto son’s company

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has seized land tied to an automaker owned by the son of its late dictator Suharto in a fresh bid to recoup money from the influential clan, the government said Friday. Military troops and police in West Java province on Friday took control of some 124 hectares (300 acres) of land controlled by Tommy Suharto and his PT Timor Putera Nasional company over some 2.6 trillion rupiah ($181 million) […]

President Duterte to AFP, PNP: “If I overstay and want to become a dictator, shoot me”

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte in a speech he delivered in Compostela Valley, once again said that he does not want to extend his term as president, even if there is a constitutional amendment and a switch to a federal system of government. “If I extend my term even by just one day, I am now asking the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the PNP (Philippine National Police) not to […]