The New Order was an authoritarian regime that occupied Indonesia from 1967 to 1998, it was one of the most violent and corrupt governments in history, and acted as a US-client state.
Crimes Against Humanity
The New Order was responsible for four major crimes against humanity.
- The Anti-Communist Mass Killings
- The Occupation of East Timor
- The Occupation of West Papua
- The Petrus Killings
The Petrus Killings
From 1983 to 1985, hundreds of bodies began showing up in public places and thousands of people connected to crime began going missing. The government did not reveal the cause of death for months, until eventually confessing it was done by undercover snipers working for the Indonesian military in order to reduce crime (which was successful as the population was too scared). Between 2,000 and 10,000 people were killed by snipers.[1]