Dossiers on July 27 case complete<\/p>\n
Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
National Police investigating the July 27, 1996 attack on the
\nIndonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Headquarters in Jakarta, are
\nexpected to hand completed files to state prosecutors next week.<\/p>\n
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Saleh Saaf said on Friday
\nthat police officials and state prosecutors were still arguing
\nover the completeness of the dossiers.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had sent back "incomplete" dossiers to the police,
\nseveral times, he said.<\/p>\n
"Our investigators and state prosecutors just don't seem to
\nagree on many points," Saleh told The Jakarta Post on Friday,
\nwithout elaborating on the points of difference.<\/p>\n
Saleh said that when the dossiers were transferred from the
\ncity police to National Police Headquarters for further
\ninvestigation and analysis, National Police investigators
\ncompleted a total of seven dossiers in May 2000, and sent them to
\nstate prosecutors.<\/p>\n
The dossiers focused on PDI chief Soerjadi, PDI secretary-
\ngeneral Buttu Hutapea, PDI members Alex Siregar and Jonathan
\nMarpaung, chief of then ruling party Golkar-affiliated Pancasila
\nYouth (PP) organization Yoris Raweyai and his colleague Yan
\nRumbia.<\/p>\n
The dossiers were sent to prosecutors, who returned them to
\nthe National Police, stating that a joint-team of military and
\npolice investigators needed to further investigate the incident,
\ndue to the involvement of both military and police officers.<\/p>\n
Governor Sutiyoso, who was the Jakarta Military Commander in
\n1996, was declared a suspect in the case earlier by police.<\/p>\n
Several military and police officers and some civilians were
\nalso named suspects in the attack on the PDI headquarters on Jl.
\nDiponegoro, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
At least five people were killed and dozens of PDI supporters
\nloyal to ousted chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri were reported
\nmissing in the incident which triggered mass rioting in the area
\nand its surroundings.<\/p>\n
On July 5, 2000, a joint Military Police, Indonesian Military
\nofficers and National Police investigation team was established.
\nInvestigations carried out by the team resulted in the formation
\nof three separate dossiers, which included names of military and
\npolice officers, whom Saleh refused to mention.<\/p>\n
In December 2001, prosecutors returned once again the dossiers
\nto the joint-team for further completion, which were then once
\nagain returned to state prosecutors.<\/p>\n
"Prosecutors then said that the three dossiers needed to be
\nbroken down into nine separate dossiers ... therefore, it needed
\nfurther detail. So, it was sent back to us again, and we are
\nhoping to complete the last of the nine by next week. So, we can
\nreturn that dossier to prosecutors by next week."<\/p>\n
The attack involved supporters of the then government-backed
\nfaction of PDI under Soerjadi.<\/p>\n
They intended to seize the office, which was under the control
\nof supporters of Megawati, PDI's democratically elected chief.<\/p>\n
It is widely believed that the military helped Soerjadi's
\nsupporters but the military has repeatedly denied any involvement
\nin the bloody incident.<\/p>\n
Last year, hundreds of supporters of the Indonesian Democratic
\nParty of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) commemorated the July 27
\ntragedy, despite the absence of party chief and President
\nMegawati Soekarnoputri.<\/p>\n
Munir of the National Commission for Missing Persons and
\nVictims of Violence said: "The July 27th incident should be
\nviewed as one of the country's political monuments, or a state
\ncrime committed by the past regime, so therefore, the current
\nadministration should correct it.<\/p>\n
"But now, the supporters are left alone leaderless."<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dossiers-on-july-27-case-complete-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }