JAKARTA, Oct 30 — When riots broke out in Indonesia’s capital in 1998 leading to dictator Suharto’s downfall, activists were detained, women raped, and stores owned by ethnic...
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‘I bow my head and apologise to our artists, industry insiders, and fans’: HYBE CEO promises end to company's toxic culture “Human rights enforcement is increasingly bleak,” said Maria Catarina Sumarsih, whose son was shot dead in late 1998 by the army after the fall of Suharto.Sjafrie is a close friend of newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto, having met at a military academy where they were classmates.
Prabowo was discharged from the military over the abductions but denied the allegations and was never charged. An independent Indikator Politik poll last week showed 85 per cent of Indonesians were confident Prabowo’s team including Sjafrie will lead Indonesia to a better future. In a 2009 US diplomatic cable, Sjafrie was implicated in the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre that saw more than 250 unarmed pro-independence protesters shot dead, as well as unrest after a UN-backed referendum in 1999.
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