Complex sentence: Around 2,000 troops from coup group commanded occupied three sides Merdeka Square, and commanded the Presidential Palace, radio station, and telecommunications centre, but did not occupy the east side, site of Kostrad headquarters.
Split into simpler sentences: Around 2,000 troops from the alleged coup group occupied three sides of Merdeka Square, and commanded the Presidential Palace, radio station, and telecommunications centre. They did not occupy the east side, which is the site of Kostrad headquarters.