Dading Kalbuadi

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Dading Kalbuadi during the invasion of East Timor

Dading Kalbuadi (Lieutenant General (Ret.) Dading Kalbuadi) (born April 14, 1931 in Adipala , Central Java , Dutch East Indies ; † October 10, 1999 in Jakarta , Indonesia ) was an officer in the Indonesian infantry and Kopassus , a special unit of the army .

Life

In East Timor

Dading Kalbuadi joined the Indonesia Merdeka atau Mati IMAM ( Freedom or Death ) as a youth , which operated mainly in Banyumas in central Java against the Dutch colonial rulers.

In the early 1950s, Kalbuadi became a student of P3AD (Pusat Pendidikan Perwira Angkatan Darat), where he became a close friend of later General Benny Moerdani , who promoted his career. Both became officers in the headquarters of the armed forces (Mabes TNI).

Kalbuadi completed several combat missions. Between 1975 and 1976 he was a colonel in the invasion of East Timor. First in 1975 with the infiltration of the then Portuguese colony with Operation Flamboyan , then on December 7, 1975 with Operation Lotus (Operasi Seroja) the main invasion into the country that had declared itself independent nine days earlier. The day after, Kalbuadi received Major General Moerdani in the state capital Dili .

Until March 1976 Kalbuadi was assistant to the secret service Kogasgab and finally from March 1976 to August 1978 Commander des Kodahamkam ( Komando Daerah Pertahanan Keamanan, Regional Defense and Security Command ) East Timor.

From October 14, 1978 to May 18, 1983 Kalbuadi was the commander of Kodam IX Udayana, from February 1983 to April 18, 1986 assistant at the headquarters for logistics of the armed forces (Aslog Kasum), from April 1986 to January 1987 chief of the armed forces in the general staff. Most recently, under Defense Minister Moerdani, Kalbuadi was appointed Inspector General of the Office of Defense with the rank of Lieutenant General.

Francisco Xavier do Amaral , the first President of East Timor, was captured by the Indonesians in August 1978. He came under house arrest and worked in the Kalbuadi Home, first in Bali , and from 1983 in Jakarta . Here he looked after the orchids and horses of the future general. In 1995, Kalbuadi's children allowed Amaral to leave the house. He was housed in a small hut in Jakarta and returned to East Timor in 2000 after the Indonesians left. Kalbuadi is also seen as the officer in charge of the attack on Balibo , in which five Western reporters, the so-called Balibo Five , were murdered. Kalbuadi was in neighboring Batugade at the time and gave orders to kill anyone who was in Balibo.

Kalbuadi was buried in Taman Makam Pahlawan Kalibata in Jakarta.

Awards

Kalbuadi has received several awards including those from France , Vietnam , Singapore , Malaysia and the United States .

Others

Dading Kalbuadi adopted the East Timorese Francisco Kalbuadi Lay .

See also

Web links

Commons : Dading Kalbuadi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Chapter 7.2 Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances" ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.35 MB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cavr-timorleste.org
  2. ^ Durand: Three Centuries of Violence and Struggle in East Timor (1726-2008).
  3. ↑ a b Chega Annexe 4: Careers of Selected Indonesian Officers Who Served in Timor-Leste ( Memento of the original dated November 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 73 kB), accessed on September 5, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cavr-timorleste.org
  4. ^ Anthony Goldstone: Francisco Xavier do Amaral obituary - The proclaimer of independence for East Timor. Guardian, March 8, 2012
  5. ^ Damien Kingsbury: Francisco Xavier do Amaral: First President of East Timor, politician and elder statesman. Deakin University, March 7, 2012
  6. ↑ Jakarta Globe: Behind 'Balibo' And Its Banning. December 16, 2009 , accessed September 5, 2012
  7. ↑ George J. Aditjondro: Self-Determination under Globalization: Timor Loro Sa'e's transformation from Jakarta's colony to a global capitalist outpost. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Newcastle, Australia December 1999
personal data
SURNAME Kalbuadi, Dading
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indonesian general
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Adipala , Central Java , Dutch East Indies
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1999
Place of death Jakarta , Indonesia