![]() In August 1998, the Dewan Kehormatan Perwira (Officers Council of Honor) tried, and found Prabowo guilty of 'misinterpreting orders' in the kidnapping of anti-Suharto activists in 1998. He and Wiranto denied that the discharge was a result of disciplinary action. He was discharged from military service in August. įollowing an ABRI investigation, Prabowo acknowledged responsibility for the kidnapping of the activists. Further testimonies by Prabowo in the years following the investigation contradicted the team's report and led to skepticism of the team's allegations. However, this was later refuted by several people who attended the meeting, including prominent human rights lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution and Joint Fact Finding Team member Bambang Widjojanto. In its final report, the fact finding team suspected that, on the night of 14 May, Prabowo met with several Armed Forces and prominent civilian figures at the Kostrad headquarters to discuss organization of the violence. Prabowo asserted that he was unsure of the precise movements of military forces in the capital and deferred to Sjafrie. During the months of August and September, the fact finding team interviewed Prabowo, Sjafrie, and other military commanders regarding their movements during the Jakarta riots. Together with Operations Commander for Greater Jakarta ( Panglima Komando Operasi Jakarta Raya, Pangkoops Jaya) Major General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, Prabowo aimed to terrorize opponents of the government and to show that Wiranto was 'an incompetent commander who could not control disorder'. Many believed Prabowo, as Strategic Reserve commander, sought to become his father-in-law's successor and coveted the Commander of the Armed Forces position held by General Wiranto, who was favored to succeed Suharto. Later investigations into the May riots revealed that violence in Jakarta was the result of an internal struggle within the military elite to become Suharto's successor. ![]()
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