On 27 years ago today, August 10, 1998 (June 19, 1998 in the lunar calendar), Suharto's son-in-law was arraigned. On August 10, 1998, Lieutenant General Prabowo, the son-in-law of former Indonesian President Soeharto and former commander of the Army Strategic Forces, was summoned by the Indonesian Military Guard Honorary Committee on suspicion of kidnapping and persecution of political activists. Prabowo did not speak to reporters after being arraigned at the Indonesian Armed Forces headquarters for seven hours and hurried away escorted by four small cars. Relevant local officials also declined to disclose the specific content of the arraignment. It is reported that Prabowo will continue to be arraigned in the near future. "The case is still under investigation. We hope the investigation will make rapid progress, but we will not end the case hastily," Subajiyo, chairman of the Indonesian Honorary Committee for the Defence of Officers and Chief of Staff of the Army, told reporters shortly after the arraignment. He said: "The investigation must first start with the motives of Prabowo's command men participating in the kidnapping. Currently, the committee is collecting evidence and hopes to submit the relevant investigation report to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces as soon as possible. If Prabowo is found guilty, he will be tried by a court. Earlier, Prabowo had said he would take responsibility if his troops were proven guilty. Last week, Subajiyo suggested that the arraignment of several other witnesses showed Prabowo bore the greatest responsibility for a series of kidnappings. At least 24 political activists have disappeared in Indonesia so far this year. Nine of them resurfaced after several months of disappearance and said they had been kidnapped and persecuted. The whereabouts of more than a dozen people are still unknown. Amid growing calls from all walks of life in Indonesia for the authorities to find missing persons and severely punish the kidnappers, on August 3, Indonesian Minister of Defense and Security and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Wirento announced the establishment of the Honorary Committee of Defense Officers headed by Subajiyo. To investigate and bring them to justice those soldiers who may be involved in kidnapping cases and violations of law and discipline. According to Vilanto revealed at the time, 10 military officers were suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of political activists. After arraigning two other senior special forces officers, the Indonesian Commission for the Defence of Officers believed that there was a series of evidence that Prabowo was responsible for the kidnapping. Mazuki Darusman, chairman of the Indonesian special committee responsible for investigating the May riots, also said that the committee will arraign senior military officers such as Prabowo to find out the truth about the large-scale riots that occurred in Jakarta and other places in mid-May. The rape of more than 170 Chinese women. Prabowo, 46, is one of Suharto's three sons-in-law. He once dominated the Indonesian military with his special identity and was influential. In 1995, Prabowo obtained the high position of commander of Indonesian special forces and took over the command of the Army's strategic forces in March this year. However, the good times will not last long. After Suharto was forced to resign on May 21 this year, Prabowo was appointed director of the Staff Command College of the Indonesian Armed Forces. On July 31, Wiranto announced that Prabowo would be dismissed from the military and "cut off his post for the people."