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.

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.

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. 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. This law was enforced especially in Baraltamuri, where Cadasan authorities tried to brainwash the native peoples that their culture and languages were inferior and savage.

Territorial expansion
Military rule also allowed territorial expansion, since the president could order an invasion without domestic opposition. In 1958, Cadasa invaded Baraltamuri (returned in 1989), in 1960 invaded and occupied Tejaz Region from Alduhagh (returned in 1995) and in 1967, Cadasa illegally acquired several islands from and the Vizhutu. In 1990, Aarush Chiu returned the islands to their represpective countries.

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, and Selamat provinces were still under a state of emergency until December 1, 1990.