WIRANTO

Controversial former military chief appointed Indonesia’s top security minister

1 Wiranto was among senior officers indicted by United Nations prosecutors over gross human rights abuses during Indonesia’s brutal 24-year occupation of East Timor

2 Wiranto’s appointment by President Joko Widodo was met with disappointment by rights activists, who feared Widodo was not going to be progressive in pursuing his human rights agenda

3 Around 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed, mainly by Indonesian forces, or to have died of starvation and illness during the occupation during dictator Suharto’s three-decade rule.