JAKARTA: Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Wednesday awarded an honorary four-star general rank to Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former high-ranking army officer linked to human rights abuses and who emerged as the apparent winner of the February 14 presidential election.
Jokowi gave the honorary promotion to Prabowo, 72, in front of high-ranking military and police officials in the capital Jakarta. A four-star general is Indonesia's second-highest military rank, usually held by the officer leading the Southeast Asian country's military.
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