Albanese cosies up to Indonesia despite democratic slide

Anthony Albanese approaches his “friend” Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto with an even stronger tone security agreementThe ugly truth is that our neighbor, once a democratic beacon in Southeast Asia, has recently morphed into something more obscure.

The deal came just days after Prabowo declared his former boss, Suharto, dictator of Southeast Asia’s most populous country for 31 years from 1967. national hero – a move seen as an attempt to whitewash the nation’s history.