The Indonesian Military (TNI) has regained and expanded its influence on civilian life more than two decades after the armed forces' wings were clipped following the downfall of Indonesia’s then-authoritarian ruler Soeharto. Rights group Imparsial suggests that the military’s influence has grown stronger under the leadership of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who is in his second five-year term of office. The military’s growing presence can be seen from 41 agreements that the TNI made with ministries, state institutions and companies from 2000 to 2019. Thirty-three of them were signed in the last five years (2014-2019). The TNI inked the latest agreement in December 2019. It was a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PT Freeport Indonesia to secure the area and company activities in Timika, Papua. Some agreements authorize military personne...