Long Reads: Michael Vann on Indonesia's Killing Fields (Part 2)
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The New Order Regime Is an Incredible Cleptocracy
The premon were the indnesian street thugs and organized criminals. They get a free hand in running street crime as long as theyr pledging support for suharto. In the new order regime, there's also a number of strong men brought from east timor that had close ties to the indanesian special forces officers. And they would be used as strong men in the streets of jacarda and a political auxiliary for various purposes.
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