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Five Trainees Die in Prabowo’s Training; Rights Panel Demands Probe

6/28/2026

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Five trainees died within ten days of a 45-day basic military program linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s Red and White Cooperatives initiative.
The human rights commission asked the government to stop the training, urged police to obtain forensic autopsies and called for a criminal investigation.
The defence ministry blamed cardiac arrest, heat stroke, tuberculosis and pneumonia despite clearances and said it will conduct a health-monitoring evaluation with the health ministry.

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Five trainees died within ten days of a 45-day basic military program linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s Red and White Cooperatives initiative.
The human rights commission asked the government to stop the training, urged police to obtain forensic autopsies and called for a criminal investigation.
The defence ministry blamed cardiac arrest, heat stroke, tuberculosis and pneumonia despite clearances and said it will conduct a health-monitoring evaluation with the health ministry.