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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s defence ministry issued a full-page advertisement in the country’s largest newspaper on Monday (Sep 22), detailing and defending non-defence programmes being run by the military, amid criticism of its wider role under President Prabowo Subianto.Since being elected last year, Prabowo has expanded the number of government posts for military personnel and used the force to deliver his programme. That has sparked worries among students and activists that the world’s third-largest democracy could go back to the military-dominated New Order era of authoritarian leader Suharto.Titled “No Longer Just Military: Indonesian-style People’s Defense”, the advertisement, published in Kompas, says the…

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