Government to End Military Rule in Aceh
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Indonesia will end military rule in its strife-torn province of Aceh but retain a large troop presence there, Home Minister Hari Sabarno said. “Principally, the Cabinet agreed to lower the status from military emergency to civil emergency,” he said.
The government still can issue extraordinary decrees for curfews and house searches.
Jakarta imposed martial law on Aceh, at the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, after talks with separatists from the Free Aceh Movement collapsed in May 2003.
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