Abducted servicemen found dead in Aceh<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Marine Maj. Edianto Abbas and Chief Sgt.
\nSyarifuddin, who were abducted last December, were found dead
\nnear Lhokseumawe, North Aceh, on Monday.<\/p>\n
Kompas daily reported on Tuesday that their bodies, bearing
\nsevere wounds, were discovered buried on farmland in Cot Trieng
\nvillage.<\/p>\n
The military has said the Free Aceh movement was responsible
\nfor the abduction on Dec. 29.<\/p>\n
About 200 personnel from the Liliwangsa Military Command and
\nLhokseumawe Police precinct were deployed to look for the burial
\nlocation. They were informed of the killings by a member of the
\nrebel group, Sulaiman, who was arrested in Muara Batu district in
\nNorth Aceh on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Ediyanto's corpse was scheduled to be transported to Surabaya
\nin East Java for burial on Tuesday. Syarifuddin will be buried in
\nthe provincial capital Banda Aceh.<\/p>\n
Ediyanto, who led the marine task force in Aceh, was scheduled
\nto complete his assignment last month.<\/p>\n
Born in Banda Aceh in 1963, Ediyanto graduated from the Navy
\nAcademy in 1986 and married Fautia, also a Navy servicewoman, in
\nSurabaya in April 1992.<\/p>\n
Chief of the Liliwangsa Military Command Col. Johnny Wahab
\nsaid Sulaiman, who was armed with an M-16 automatic gun when he
\nwas arrested, was long wanted for his alleged involvement in the
\nabductions. The kidnappings prompted military raids on North Aceh
\nvillages where rebels were believed to be in hiding. Several
\ncivilians died in the fray.<\/p>\n
Johnny said Sulaiman was arrested by a joint team on patrol
\nwhen he stopped his minibus at a gas station on the Lhokseumawe-
\nBanda Aceh highway.<\/p>\n
He added that Sulaiman was shot in the leg after he resisted
\narrest.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 23 prisoners, including three political detainees,
\nescaped the Lhokseumawe penitentiary on Sunday. Two have since
\nbeen recaptured.<\/p>\n
The daily reported the prisoners sawed through iron bars and
\nmanaged to flee from six wardens before heading to the city.<\/p>\n
Chief warden Ace Herdarmin said the three political prisoners
\nwere scheduled to be granted amnesty by the government this
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
\"The government will likely delay the release of the three
\nbecause of the incident.\" He said it was the third prison break
\nsince August.<\/p>\n
Ninety-eight prisoners escaped on Aug. 31, 1998, and 23 others
\non Jan. 22. Most are still at large. (rms)<\/p>",
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