Prabowo Subianto: Indonesia’s Defense Minister poised for presidency amid allegations of controversial past : Peoples Dispatch
Prabowo Subianto: Indonesia’s Defense Minister poised for presidency amid allegations of controversial past : Peoples Dispatch
As preliminary results hint at Prabowo Subianto’s victory in Indonesia’s presidential race, political tension rises with Ganjar Pranowo and Anies Baswedan seeking an inquiry into alleged irregularities. Beyond the election drama, Indonesia grapples with persistent issues from economic struggles to f...
Another son (in law) of a former dictator in SEA is set to take power.
This is a surprisingly weak article for a lefty publication. Its whole framing is neoliberal, and all it can manage to say about Prabowo's past is that he was "alleged" to have participated in the massacres in East Timor.
The Intercept was much more straightforward when it said:
Prabowo, as Suharto’s son-in-law, was a senior commander of the massacres in occupied East Timor. In one, at Kraras in 1983 on the mountain of Bibileo, “several hundred” civilians were murdered, according to a United Nations-backed inquiry. Prabowo also personally tortured captives; one told me of Prabowo breaking his teeth.
Prabowo described himself to me as “the Americans’ fair-haired boy.” He worked hand-in-glove with the U.S. as he carried out massacres, torture, and disappearances — so closely that his fellow officers, he said, sometimes mocked him as “the American.”
People's dispatch is mostly short "tidbits" (lol I don't know what to call it). Generally under 10 minute reads. Thanks for linking this more in depth source comrade o7
No worries. It's hard to find good coverage of Indonesia in just about any English media!