Did presidential hopeful order kidnapping of student activists?

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A former military chief confirmed that Prabowo Subianto, a former general now seeking the Indonesian presidency, unilaterally ordered the abduction of student activists between December 1997 and March 1998. Twenty-three student activists were kidnapped at the height of a movement to topple the 3-decade Suharto dictatorship and which succeeded in May 1998. Wiranto, who was armed forces chief when Prabowo was dismissed from the military, released a 4-page document that allegedly belies claims by Prabowo that he was acting on orders from higher-ups when he had the activists abducted. The document, however, states that Prabowo had ignored the military’s hierarchy and, on his own, ordered a team to kidnap the activists.

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