00:00Explosive clashes in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, as police use tear gas and water
00:09cannons to scatter crowds of protesters, many students, protesting their parliament's recent
00:17decision to pass contentious revisions to the country's military law.
00:31In addition to modernising the country's weapons and defence, the law will make room for more
00:36military officers in government and civilian posts.
00:48It's a move protesters say puts the military where they're not needed.
01:00With some concerned it brings Indonesia back closer to authoritarian rule, with memories
01:06of former President Suharto's New Order era still fresh.
01:33Spanning from the 1960s until the 90s, the New Order was a time when the military played
01:38a heavy role in civil society, and political opponents were brutally oppressed.
01:43Civil unrest brought the period of military rule to a bloody end in 1998.
01:54But not all the people out on the streets of Jakarta opposed the new amendments.
02:12Protesters say they'll stay angry, and keep pushing back against the amendments.
02:17But the bill has backing from current President Prabowo Subianto, himself a former special
02:23forces commander, elected into office just last year.
02:27Prabowo is seen as a symbol of the New Order, a period some fear and others hope the country
02:34could be returning to.
02:36John Suh and Ree says for Taiwan Plus.
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