Complex sentence: A counter-insurgency officer, Prabowo Subianto, took special interest in his abilities and in 1994 recruited him into Gardapaksi, an organisation that gave cheap loans to start small businesses, but also used borrowers as informants and in pro-military vigilante squads.
Split into simpler sentences: A counter-insurgency officer, Prabowo had taken special interest in his abilities and in 1994 recruited him into Gardapaksi. An organisation that gave cheap loans to start small businesses, but also used them as both informants and in pro-military vigilante squads.