National Monument (Indonesia) "Gerbang Kemerdekaan" or the Gate of Independence, open slowly while the nationalist "Padamu Negeri" song plays followed by a recording of Sukarno reading the text of the Proclamation. On the southern wall there is a large bronze gold-coated statue of the coat of arms of Indonesia weighing 3.5 tons. On the eastern side is the text of the proclamation in bronze lettering. Originally the eastern side displayed the most sacred Indonesian flag, "Sang Saka Merah Putih", originally raised on 17 August 1945. However, because it is fragile and in poor condition it is no longer displayed. The wall on the
Eurico Guterres Eurico Guterres Eurico Barros Gomes Guterres (born in Waitame, Uatolari, Viqueque, Portuguese Timor, July 4, 1969) is a pro-Indonesian, anti-Timorese independence militiaman recruited by the Indonesian military during East Timor's bid for independence between 1999 and 2000. He was involved in several massacres in East Timor, and was a chief militia leader during the post-independence massacres and destruction of the capital Dili. Though Indonesia officially convicted and sentenced Guterres to ten years imprisonment in November 2002, Indonesia has never incarcerated him. In August 2003 he formed "Laskar Merah Putih" (The Red and White Warriors) in Indonesian Papua. Elsham leader Aloysius