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Ignoring a chorus of mounting protest, the House on Tuesday passed into law the repressive Mass Organisation Bill (RUU Ormas) arguing that it is needed to protect the public from in ‘mob violence’ (kekerasan). Critics say the law is a grave threat to democracy and harks back to Suharto’s New Order regime giving the government the power to arbitrarily disband organisations deemed to be a threat to the state.