MINISTER MENTOR LEE KUAN YEW’S REACTION
AFTER VISITING MR. SUHARTO
All the quotes below have been taken from the Strait Times website. Please refer to the Straits Times website for the original news report.
“I am very sad to see his life coming to an end without the full glory that he deserves.”
“There are very few people of his age and my age who can remember the past. If they remember the past, they will know that in the 1960s, Indonesia was in very dire economic difficulties, mired in hyperinflation.”
“He gave Indonesia progress and development. He educated the population. He built roads and infrastructure. And from Sukarno's Konfrontasi and other foreign policy excesses, he stabilised international relations.”
“The younger generation, both in Indonesia and the world, do not remember where Indonesia started from. I do. That is why I came here to visit him.”