Disgraced special forces head to run for Indonesian president

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Updated February 17, 2009 12:33:27

Ten years ago, Prabowo Subianto was the disgraced former head of Indonesia's feared special forces unit Kopassus accused of planning atrocities in East Timor and the kidnapping, torturing and killing of student activists in 1998.

This year, Prabowo Subianto is running to become Indonesia's next President.. posing as a champion of the little people. And, in a peculiar twist, Prabowo's campaign team includes three former students tortured by soldiers under his command.

Presenter: Geoff Thompson
Speaker: Pius Lustrilanang, pro Pabowo activist

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