DISAPPEARANCES
NGOs and his former military bosses accuse Prabowo of ordering the abduction of democracy activists at the end of dictator Suharto’s rule in the late 1990s.
According to the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, or Kontras, 23 activists were kidnapped between 1997 and 1998.
Nine were found alive, one was found dead and 13 are still missing.
Prabowo was discharged from the military over the abductions but denied the allegations and was never charged.
Indonesian ally the United States once refused a visa over his rights record and he was also reportedly included on a visa blacklist in Australia before the 2014 election.
Both bans were reportedly lifted in the last decade.
Prabowo has also been accused of involvement in military crimes in East Timor, which Indonesia invaded and occupied from 1975 until 2002.
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