The announcement was made by former Minister of State Secretariat Moerdiono over a local radio station to the nation after a team of doctors treating Suharto since Jan 4 confirmed the death of the former Indonesian strongman.
Suharto helmed Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, for 32 years from 1966 to 1998.

Suharto had been in critical state since admission to the hospital on Jan 4.

Earlier today, the team of specialists attending to Suharto said the former president’s condition turned very critical at 1am, with all his vital organs having failed. Suharto was breathing with the help of a ventilator, they said.

Moerdiono said Suharto’s children were at his bedside when he died.

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