He was a US-backed dictator who led sweeping massacres. Why is he now being named a national hero?

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — For decades, he was a feared US-backed dictator whose regime oversaw bloody Cold War-era massacres, accused of diverting huge amounts of state money to propel his family into luxury and political power. On Monday, he was posthumously named a national hero of Indonesia – prompting protests from human rights