Martial law in Cadasa

From March 17, 1957 to May 2, 1989, martial law was enforced in the Republic of Cadasa. It's known as the era teruak militar (martial law era) in Cadasan. As much as 40,000 people were executed, 2,000 disappeared, and 300,000 imprisoned for being against the government. Human rights abuses were rampant.

Background
In 1949, Tan Yeng Sen was elected President of Cadasa. Tan, as with other Nesiondalsian leaders of the era, was a socialist politician. Due to Cadasa's influence in the region, the United States feared that Tan would expand socialism in the area. As a result, after Tan was re-elected in 1953, US soldiers and CIA agents stationed in Cadasa met with members of the Cadasan Armed Forces to dispose of Tan and install a military dictatorship to curb communism.

Declaration
In the morning of March 17, 1957, a group of right-wing military officers disposed of the democratically elected president Tan Yeng Sen. S. P. Situmorang, head of the coup, announced on radio at 12:02pm that the entirety of the country was under a state of emergency and martial law.

Life under martial law
The first five years of martial law was marked by daily executions, arrests, and forced disappearances by Komilcad, the secret police. This decreased after the Tenjagor massacre of 1962 due to the and as a result, people acknowledged that martial law was necessary. Pro-democracy protests would not return until the 1119 Incident of 1980, which led to Komilcad punishing dissidents again. The Communist insurgency in Cadasa was another excuse to enforce martial law, as the Cadasan Communist Party and Cadasan Liberation Army tried to topple the military dictatorship via violent and equally repressive methods.

Economically, Cadasa's GDP grew the highest in the 1960s to the 1990s. By 1985 Cadasa had the highest GDP in.

Media and culture
All media was controlled by the government. Although private ownership was allowed, the owners were usually cronies of government officials. The PNC and the PC were the only legal parties.

Language policy
In 1959, the Cadasan Language Policy (kebejahan pahaca Cadasa) was introduced, declaring Cadasan to be the sole and national language of Cadasa. Although multiculturalism and multiracialism were encouraged, ironically it was illegal to speak any language other than Cadasan in public due to fear that other languages would destroy national unity. The policy was enforced especially in Baraltamuri, Tejaz, and Jazali, where Cadasan authorities tried to brainwash the natives peoples that their culture and languages were inferior and savage. As a result, people felt shame when they spoke their native languages.

The policy garnered worldwide attention in 1983 when the Komilcad raided a Chinese restaurant in Krunghom, arresting and detaining the guests and staff for speaking Cantonese and Mandarin. The Cadasan Language Policy was abolished in 1989.

Territorial expansion
Military rule also allowed territorial expansion, since the president could order an invasion without domestic opposition. In 1958, Cadasa invaded Baraltamuri (gained independence in 1989) and it became Cadasa's 9th province. In 1960, Cadasa invaded and occupied Tejaz Region from Keimasia and it became an external territory (wilayah luar) of Cadasa, along with the Cendang Islands Special Defense Zone. In 1967, Cadasa illegally annexed Lechutan Province from Indonesia after Indonesia lost the Cadaso-Indonesian War. In spite of the First Keimasian Civil War from 1971-1973, the Keimasian royal family was exiled to Tejaz External Province and the Autonomous Republic of Tejaz was founded out of Tejaz Extraterritorial Province. After the newly-established Vlokozu Union was interested in buying Lechutan from Cadasa, Cadasa and the Vlokozu Union signed a secret agreement in 1972 that created the Lechutan Condominium jointly administered between the states, however the United Nations never recognized the condominium. In 1990, Aarush Chiu returned the islands to their represpective countries, and Cadasa relinquished its claim to Lechutan and recognized it as an Indonesian province. However, because El Kadsre (which now owned all the territories of the Vlokozu Union) refused to return Lechutan to Indonesia, a massive territorial dispute between Indonesia and El Kadsre occured.

Lifting
pressured the Cadasan government to lift martial law in 1982. In 1987, Chinese-American citizen Matthew Wu was released from Toahok Security Prison in a vegetative state after being arrested at Louis Paraiyar Airport in 1967, which caused widespread criticism from the international community.

The final straw was the 1989 Bank of Cadasa scandal. It caused the 1989 Cadasan protests, which, in addition to the Baraltamurian independence movement and more condemnation, led to Aarush Chiu lifting martial law and the state of siege on May 2. However, the Cendang Islands, Haql, Lechutan Condominium, and Selamat provinces were still under a state of emergency until December 1, 1990, with Cadasa returning Lechutan to Indonesia on the same day as martial law was completely lifted.