Kudos to Wikipedia voluntary editors, when the BBC TV news only gives 5 second for the news, they wrote:

His death was noted widely, and condolences were offered by a number of regional heads of state. Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared a week of mourning[42]. Furthermore, all Indonesian government offices and departments will fly their flags at half-mast for one week, in respect for Soeharto’s passing. Antara Media reported two metric tons of jasmine flowers and 100 kilograms of red roses had been prepared for the funeral ceremony.

Residents of Kemusuk in Bantul, Yogyakarta, lowered flags and went into mourning Sunday for former president Soeharto, who was born in the village. Soeharto’s nephew Aryo Notosuwito said villagers, “admired and loved the former president for the concern he showed for their welfare during his life”. Residents gathered Sunday evening at the house of Soeharto’s late younger brother R. Notosuwito to pray .[43]

It is difficult for any Indonesian to comment on his contributions to the nation, because as most of us, there are two sides of him: good and bad. The good side include the attention towards farmers with his Inpres program (he was from a farmer family); towards education when he promoted the compulsory education; towards public health by building Puskesmas in all nooks and crannies of the vast country; and towards technology (he helped Habibie with IPTN when his own Berkeley’s economists opposed it). But , his bad side ranges from corruption to human right abuses. He did not do the corruption himself, but he recruited Sudono Salim (Lim Sioe Liong) to do his dirty jobs of stateĀ  embezzlement. He did not oppress and torture Muslim preachers dare to criticise him as a Muslim leader, but he ordered Sudomo (retired Admiral) to do his nasty jobs. Therefore it is difficult to proof that he is guilty of these misconducts, NOT. :-)

The problem is not that our law graduates are substandard intellectually (as most choose other better professions), nor that our law books are not enough. I believe the problem is because all of us (sorry, most of us) were involved in the corrupt environment, including the judicial bodies. So, if we are serious in leaving corruption behind – this is the best time – we have to reorganise our legal system. Trust me, no big countries exist without a strongly established legal system and furthermore they keep on updating the seemingly perfect system with full transparency.

I can only urge President SBY to use this momentum to straighten the people of the country into the right path, the path that is blessed by our Creator. Tell the people that we mourn for the goodness that Suharto brought to the country, but we celebrate his passing for the badness that will no longer have a place in the country.