Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor following the ouster of the dictator Suharto, has died aged 83.Habibie's son, Thareq Kemal Habibie, said Indonesia's third president died on Wednesday at Jakarta's Gatot Subroto army hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for heart problems since September 1.
As president, Habibie apologised for past human rights abuses and outlined an eight-point reform program"to build a just, open and democratic society." Responding to international criticism of Indonesia's occupation of Portugal's former colony of East Timor, Habibie surprised Indonesians by announcing in January 1999 a plan to hold a referendum under UN supervision on self- determination, offering a choice between special autonomy and independence.
He described the bloody riots that ended Suharto's dictatorship as"barbaric," further alienating students who feared he was betraying their democratic revolution and staged violent protests against his presidency.
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