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Prabowo Subianto, an Indonesian former general whose human rights record has been questioned by opponents, has won the country’s presidential election, according to official results released on Wednesday. In the February 14 election he picked up 96.2 million votes, or 58.61% of ballots cast while Anies Baswedan, the former governor of capital Jakarta, receives 24.9% of the votes and Ganjar Pranow secured 16.5%. Prabowo, 72, the current defence minister and a former son-in-law of the late dictator Suharto, has pledged to bolster the country’s economy and military strength. The election aftermat…

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