End of an Era: Indonesia Pursues Suharto Circle’s Debts

Power seeps away from once-feared family and cronies

The Indonesian government is going after the children of the late strongman Suharto and the cronies who once held sway over Jakarta in an attempt to collect money misappropriated during the 1998 financial crisis that has remained unreturned for more than 20 years.

The money was looted in an orgy of theft by bankers and others from Bank Indonesia's liquid…