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New Indonesia defence chief harks back to dictator's rule

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Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin , 72 , is the new defence minister of Indonesia .

He has been accused by rights groups of abuses during the riots, as well as against separatists in East Timor , Aceh and Papua .

He is a close friend of newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto , having met at a military academy where they were classmates.

Both have been implicated in the disappearance of student activists from 1997 to 1998 .

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