'Dark day for human rights': Subianto named as Indonesia's defence minister

General who has been accused of abuses is named in cabinet of Joko Widodo, against whom he ran for president

The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, has appointed as his defence minister his former bitter election rival Prabowo Subianto - an ex-army general accused of human rights abuses.

Widodo announced his cabinet line-up on Wednesday having beaten Subianto in April's general election. At least nine people died and more than 200 were injured due to riots in Jakarta following the fraught campaign, during which Subianto accused Widodo's government of hosting a "massive, systematic and fraudulent" election.