Kostrad Responds To Gatot Nurmantyo's Allegation About The Statue Of Suharto Cs Raib: Returned To Lieutenant General Azmyn Yusri

Gatot Nurmantyo (Photo: Gatot Nurmantyo's Facebook)

JAKARTA - Kostrad strongly denies that it has removed a number of statues of state figures on display at the Darma Bhakti Kostrad Museum. The accusation was made by former TNI Commander Gatot Nurmantyo.

Previously, Gatoto said that some of the dioramas in the Makostrad were removed. The statues are the Second President of the Republic of Indonesia Suharto, the statue of Lieutenant General TNI Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, and General AH Nasution.

Head of Information for Kostrad Colonel Inf Haryantana explained in a press release that Kostrad had never dismantled or removed the historical statue (G30S/PKI crackdown) at the Dharma Bhakti Museum at the Kostrad Headquarters.

"However, the demolition of the statues was purely the request of Lieutenant General TNI (Ret.) Azmyn Yusri Nasution as an idea maker and for inner and outer peace," said Haryantana Monday, September 27.

According to Col Haryantana, Kostrad had no idea to dismantle the statues of Indonesia's Second President Suharto, Lt. Gen. Sarwo Edhie, and General AH Nasution that were in Suharto's office at the Dharma Bhakti Museum, at the Kostrad Headquarters. He said that there was an earlier request from Lieutenant General TNI Azmyn Yusri Nasution as the maker of the statues.

Azmyn, according to Haryantana, asked the Kostrad Commander, Lt. Gen. Dudung, to hand over the statues to him.

"It was the statue that made Lt. Gen. (Ret.) AY (Azmyn Yusri) Nasution when he served as Pangkostrad, then on August 30, 2021, Pak AY (Azmyn Yusri) Nasution asked the Kostrad Commander Lt. Gen. Dudung Abdurrahman to be handed back to Lt. Gen. TNI, Ret. AY. Azmyn Yusri) Nasution," he said.