May, Suharto made a short speech of resignation. He was immediately replaced by Vice President B. J. Habibie. Allegedly, late on the evening of 21 May, Prabowo arrived at the presidential palace and demanded that he be made the chief of the armed forces. Reportedly, Habibie escaped from the palace. The following day, Prabowo was sacked as head of Kostrad. Wiranto remained as chief of the armed forces, and his troops began removing the students from the parliament building. Transcript Post-Suharto era Not so often reported was the silent departure of families and wealth from the country. The emigrants were not exclusively of Chinese descent, but also included wealthy natives (pribumi) and Suharto's cronies. The immediate destination was Singapore, where some stayed permanently while others moved on to Australia, the US and Canada. Many of these families returned when the political situation stabilised a few years later. Since the fall of the New Order, there has been a variety of state-sponsored initiatives to address the widespread abuses of human rights since the fall of Suharto. A report issued by the International Center for Transitional Justice and the Indonesian Commission for Disappeared Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) concluded that, that "senior government officials consistently failed to achieve truth, accountability, institutional reform and reparations for the most severe crimes. Notes References * Chandra, Siddharth and Douglas Kammen. (2002). "Generating Reforms and Reforming Generations: Military Politics in Indonesia's Transition to Democracy". World Politics, Vol. 55, No. 1. Dijk, Kees van. 2001. A Country in Despair. Indonesia Between 1997 and 2000. KITLV Press, Leiden, Kammen, Douglas and Siddharth Chandra (1999). "A Tour of Duty: Changing Patterns of Military Politics in Indonesia in the 1990s". Ithaca, NY: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project Publication No. 75. Pepinsky, Thomas B. (2009). Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes: Indonesia and Malaysia in Comparative Perspective. Cambridge University Press, External links Suharto Taken Off Life Support! Megawati Hendropriyono Volunteer Team for Humanity Post-Suharto era New Order (Indonesia) Revolution 20th-century revolutions Suharto Suharto Protests in Indonesia Articles containing video clips May 1998 events in Asia