E. Timor court jails ex-Army sergeant<\/p>\n
EAST TIMOR: An East Timor court jailed on Wednesday a former
\nIndonesian Army sergeant for crimes against humanity during the
\nterritory's 1999 referendum to secede from Jakarta.<\/p>\n
It is the first time a former Indonesian soldier has been
\nconvicted since the human rights trials began two years ago.<\/p>\n
Marcelino Soares was sentenced to 11 years \"for crimes against
\nhumanity of murder, torture and persecution\" committed in April
\n1999, prosecutors from the United Nations-funded Serious Crimes
\nUnit said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Marcelino was convicted of murder over the torture of Luis
\nDias Soares and two other independence supporters, and for the
\nfatal beating of Luis at an army post.<\/p>\n
The Special Panel for Serious Crimes has previously convicted
\nan ethnic East Timorese sergeant in the Indonesian Army of murder
\nand another East Timorese soldier of rape.<\/p>\n
Even so, prosecutor Per Halsbog was quoted as saying the
\nconviction of Soares for crimes against humanity was \"an
\nimportant milestone in pursuit of justice\". -- AFP<\/p>",
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