The Indonesian government should apologise and acknowledge the military’s mass killings during the New Order era.
![Suharto (right) launched an attack on Indonesia's Communist Party on October 1, 1965 [Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131061036673734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Jess Melvin is a PhD student with the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne.
The Indonesian government should apologise and acknowledge the military’s mass killings during the New Order era.
![Suharto (right) launched an attack on Indonesia's Communist Party on October 1, 1965 [Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131061036673734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)