A military wish: Yoris' lawyer<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers of Yoris Raweyai, deputy chairman of the
\nPemuda Pancasila youth organization who has been arrested for his
\nalleged role in the forcible takeover of the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party (PDI) in 1996, claim their client deployed 100
\norganization members on that day at the request of officers at
\nthe Jakarta Military Command (Kodam Jaya).<\/p>\n
\"Some officers of the Jakarta Military Command requested Yoris
\nsend out his men on July 27, 1996 to secure SMP 8 and SMP 9
\njunior high schools, the residence of (former minister of women's
\naffairs) Mien Sugandhi and the Palestinian Embassy,\" lawyer
\nSophar Maru Hutagalung said at the National Police Detectives
\nDepartment building.<\/p>\n
\"These places were all on Jl. Diponegoro, very near to the PDI
\noffice.\"<\/p>\n
Sophar arrived at the National Police Detectives Department on
\nWednesday with colleague Donny Antares Irawan to submit a
\nproposal for the release of Yoris, who was arrested on Tuesday
\nfor his alleged role in the violence which followed the PDI
\nheadquarters takeover in 1996.<\/p>\n
Donny added that the men who had been sent out to \"secure the
\narea\" were all members of Pemuda Pancasila.<\/p>\n
\"They were less than 100, and that was upon the request of the
\nJakarta Military Command,\" Donny said.<\/p>\n
Upon questioning, at least 13 witness told the police that
\nYoris was involved in the violence.<\/p>\n
PDI supporters, who were loyal to the party's splinter group's
\nchairman Soerjadi, took over the party's headquarters on Jl.
\nDiponegoro in Central Jakarta on July 27, 1996. At the time, the
\noffice was occupied by supporters of Megawati Soekarnoputri, whom
\nSoerjadi ousted as party chairwoman in a government-backed party
\ncongress in June 1996.<\/p>\n
Many believe elements of the former Indonesian Armed Forces
\n(ABRI) were involved in the attack. (ylt)<\/p>",
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