Description acceptable. This regime sent truckloads of red-shirted thugs to throw rocks at an opposition party’s HQ in the 27 July incident. The exposure of this regime’s purchase of a fleet of dilapidated East German warships led this regime to ban magazines like Editor and Tempo. A crony of this regime, the “plywood king” Bob Hasan, led its negotiations with the fraudulent Canadian gold mining firm Bre-X. The fall of this regime ended a “dual function” system that gave the (*) ABRI an inside track to civil service positions. During the riots that brought down this regime, its “business pillar,” the Salim Group conglomerate, was used to justify the burning of thousands of ethnic Chinese businesses. This regime was opposed by Megawati’s PDI and followed by B. J. Habibie’s Reformasi after falling during the Asian financial crisis. For 10 points, name this 32-year dictatorship in Indonesia. ■END■
ANSWER: New Order [or descriptions of Suharto’s rule in Indonesia; or Orde Baru; or Orba; accept Soeharto in place of “Suharto”; prompt on Indonesian dictatorship or Indonesia by asking “under whose rule?”]
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