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Sintong Panjaitan was born on 4 September, 1940 in Taroetoeng, Tapanoeli Residency, Dutch East Indies, is an Indonesian army officer (born 1940). Discover Sintong Panjaitan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 4 September, 1940
Birthday 4 September
Birthplace Taroetoeng, Tapanoeli Residency, Dutch East Indies
Nationality Dutch East Indies

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1925

The two were married in Semarang, in 1925.

Sintong's interest in the military emerged when he was seven years old, when his house was often hit by P-51 Mustang bombs from the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

1940

Sintong Hamonangan Panjaitan (born 4 September 1940) is a retired Indonesian army officer who graduated from the National Military Academy in 1963.

Military Advisor to President BJ Habibie, Secretary for Development Operational Control of Kodam IX/Udayana and Danjen of Kopassus.

He received 20 operation orders at home and abroad during his military career.

1958

Sintong began to carry arms in high school (1958) when he participated in a 3-month military training course carried out by the PRRI movement under the leadership of Colonel Maludin Simbolon.

1959

Sintong applied for the Air Force Academy in 1959.

1960

While waiting for the results of his application, Sintong also took the National Military Academy entrance exam in 1960, and graduated as part of the 117 cadets of batch V. Sintong graduated from the Military Academy in 1963 with the rank of Second Lieutenant.

1964

Then he attended the Infantry Military Academy in Bandung and graduated on 27 June 1964 and was placed as the first officer of the Army Command Troops Regiment (RPKAD), the elite forces of the Army (now the Special Forces Command - Kopassus).

From August 1964 to February 1965 Sintong commanded his first combat operations during Operation Kila, to crush the DI/TII rebellion led by Abdul Kahar Muzakar in South and Southeast Sulawesi.

1965

In February 1965, Sintong attended commando basic education at the Army Command Education Center at Batujajar.

He obtained the Command attribute at Permisan Beach, August 1, 1965, and returned to Batujajar for Para basic education, experiencing 3 falls.

After that he received orders to be deployed in Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia as part of a Volunteer Company during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.

The 30 September Movement (G30S) canceled the planned deployment.

Sintong as part of a Company under the leadership of First Lieutenant Feisal Tanjung then played an active role in ending the G30S.

Sintong led a platoon of troops to seize the headquarters of Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), which allowed Brigadier General Ibnu Subroto to broadcast the message of Major General Suharto.

Sintong also took part in securing Halim Perdanakusuma Airfield, and led his men in the discovery of an old well at Lubang Buaya.

After that Sintong was sent to restore security and order in Central Java, to lead a Platoon under Tanjung company to combat G30S supporters in Semarang, Demak, Blora, Kudus, Cepu, Salatiga, Boyolali, Yogyakarta and the eastern slopes of Mount Merapi.

1969

In 1969 Captain Feisal Tanjung included Sintong in an effort to persuade tribal chiefs in West Irian to choose to join Indonesia in the Act of Free Choice.

1981

Sintong Panjaitan was the leader of the Para Command Group-1, involved in counter-terrorism operations in the hijacking of the Garuda DC-9 Woyla on March 31, 1981.

Although there were two fatalities (one pilot and one member of the Commandos), the operation was considered a success by the Indonesian government due to the safety of all the crew and other passengers on the plane, he and his team were awarded the Sakti Star and promoted one rank.

His involvement in military operations in East Timor was a reasons for his appointment as Commander of IX/Udayana Military Regional Command which covered the province of East Timor.

1985

Sintong became Commander of Kopassandha in from 1985 to 1987, replacing Brigadier General.

1991

He was removed from his position as pangdam due to the Dili incident at the Santa Cruz cemetery in 1991, which instigated the decline of his career in the military before retiring with the rank of lieutenant general.

Sintong was born in Tarutung, North Sumatra, the seventh of 11 siblings.

His father, Simon Luther Panjaitan (formerly Mangiang Panjaitan) was a Mantri at Centrale Burgelijke Ziekenhuis (RSU) Semarang.

His mother, Elina Siahaan was the daughter of a king in Aek Nauli, King Ompu Joseph Siahaan.

Sintong was later removed from his post as commander due to the Dili Incident at the Santa Cruz cemetery, 11 November 1991, which resulted in civilian casualties and an international scandal, ending Sintong's military career.

1992

As a result of his involvement in the incident he was sued in 1992 by the family of one of the victims and sentenced, in 1994, to pay a total of 14 million US dollars in damages.

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1994

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie appointed Sintong as an adviser in the military field at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) in 1994.

1998

Sintong became a trusted adviser to Habibie until Habibie became President of Indonesia in 1998 where Sintong sat as an adviser to the President in the military field.

Habibie had in-depth discussions with Sintong, General Wiranto (Commander of ABRI and Minister of Defense) and Yunus Yosfiah (Minister of Information) before allowing the East Timor referendum to determine whether East Timor would remain in the Republic of Indonesia or become a separate country.