jakarta indonesian police deploy many 30,000 personnel guard anti-communist rally friday country military chief islamist group stoke fear hard leave revival world populous muslim nation protesters gather outside indonesia parliament eve 52nd anniversary murder six army general young lieutenant rebel arm force personnel incident lead retaliatory pogrom kill least 500,000 allege communists massacre usher 30 years authoritarian rule suharto former general lead communist purge early month arm force commander general gatot nurmantyo instruct military officer screen suharto-era propaganda film depict deaths general crush allege communist coup prevent happen 1965 recur three-and-a-half-hour film criticize historians inaccuracies fail depict massacre leftists widely show villages mosques past week suharto rule broadcast annually night sept 30th date allege abortive coup also compulsory view students indonesia communist party one world large remain outlaw appear little evidence marxist ideology take hold indonesia instead analysts government advisers say foment red scare aim indonesia reformist president joko widodo widely know jokowi long falsely accuse descendant communists indonesia grow economic tie china also frequently cite concern rise communist influence indonesia see jokowi factor behind rise communism indonesia cooperative relationship china say yudi syamhudi suyuti one protest organizers fail political candidate opposition gerindra party comment post online friday rally organize hardline islamist group lead islamic defenders front fpi reject fight awaken indonesian communist party slamet maarif chairman rally organize committee spokesman fpi tell reuters fpi lead huge rally last year successfully demand jail blasphemy basuki tjahaja purnama jakarta governor ethnic chinese christian maarif predict 50,000 protesters would join friday rally also urge parliament overturn presidential regulation allow government ban mass organizations deem threat national unity hizbut tahrir islamist group want indonesia become caliphate disband regulation july jakarta police spokesman argo yuwono expect 15,000 people turn deploy 30,000 police personnel say tuesday note risk could arrive anti-purnama rally december last year police arrest eight people treason allege plot protesters occupy parliament build anticipate possibilities yuwono say wednesday national police spokesman setyo wasisto say police would adapt deployment depend number protesters prepare defend parliament say tobias basuki indonesian political analyst say nurmantyo clear political ambition arm force chief due retire march court controversy month falsely claim 5,000 weapons illegally import behalf widodo much evidence communist revival head 2019 presidential election communist fear-mongering use various group say basuki see coalesce conspiracy theory military group islamist group political purpose nurmantyo decline publicly comment chief security minister defense minister correct claim import weapons military spokesman major general wuryanto say nurmantyo carry political move widodo subject smear campaign 2014 presidential election claim descendant communists chinese ancestry campaign mostly prosecute social media coincide fall widodo high approval rat time sign potency persistence rumor widodo mother sujiatmi notomiharjo year publicly deny communist link military resist attempt right group academics discuss 1965 slaughter one bad mass murder 20th century popular segment public either early month protesters clash police try break seminar jakarta 1965 kill bonnie triyana indonesian historian say country never fully acknowledge become reconcile anti-communist kill even indonesia become democracy 1998. indonesians little idea scale pogrom say politicians today exploit collective amnesia people say 'red scare put pressure indonesian president