Historian Asvi Warman Adam says the government should bury the remains of controversial leftist figure Tan Malaka at the National Hero Cemetery in Kalibata, South Jakarta
istorianAsvi Warman Adam says the government should bury the remains of controversialleftist figure Tan Malaka at the National Hero Cemetery in Kalibata, SouthJakarta.
Asvi said by burying Tan Malaka's remains in the cemetery, the government could contribute to the rehabilitation of his name.
The family of Tan Malaka recently found that the leader of the country's leftist movement was buried in a small village in Kediri, East Java.
A team of relatives, historians and forensic scientists successfully excavated remains thought to be those of the controversial figure.
Tan Malaka was a leftist independence fighter who fought against Dutch colonial rule with other founding fathers like Soekarno, Hatta and Sjahrir.
President Sukarno made Tan Malaka a national hero in 1963 and the New Order government, which removed sections on leftist elements from the country's history books, never revoked the decision.
The New Order regime decided to whitewash the role of Tan Malaka in the country's struggle against the Dutch colonialism, given his ties to the communist movement.
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