JAKARTA: Tensions have erupted at the palace in Solo in Central Java as two half brothers battled to claim the throne, in a dramatic showdown between rival family factions over tradition and cultural authority.
The confrontation escalated on Jan 18 when Culture Minister Fadli Zon visited the palace to deliver a ministerial decree appointing the palace’s chief minister, Prince Tedjowulan, as the custodian responsible for the preservation and restoration of the palace, Keraton Surakarta, and to oversee public funding for the palace as a heritage institution.
