E. Timor findings 'must go to trial'<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on
\nWednesday that the findings of a national inquiry into last
\nyear's violence in East Timor, in which top military generals,
\nincluding former Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Wiranto,
\nwere implicated, must result in a trial.<\/p>\n
\"It must reach (the courts). We cannot just let it hang,\"
\nMarzuki told reporters before a Cabinet meeting which was also
\nattended by Wiranto.<\/p>\n
Marzuki said it would take about three months to decide
\nwhether the Attorney General's Office would file charges against
\nthe TNI top brass.<\/p>\n
He said, however, if the formal investigation was not
\ncompleted in three months, it then could be extended by another
\nthree months.<\/p>\n
Marzuki said that Wiranto's status as a Cabinet member would
\nnot hamper his office in starting an investigation.<\/p>\n
Wiranto is currently coordinating minister for political
\naffairs and security.<\/p>\n
The government-sanctioned Commission of Inquiry into Human
\nRights Violations (KPP HAM) in East Timor implicated Wiranto and
\nfour other senior officers in the campaign of terror and
\ndestruction which erupted after the Aug. 30 ballot in the ravaged
\nterritory.<\/p>\n
Later in the day, spokesman for the Attorney General's Office,
\nSoehandoyo, told reporters that Marzuki had instructed Deputy
\nAttorney General for Intelligence Yusuf Kertanegara and Deputy
\nAttorney General for General Crimes Rahman to study the
\ncommission's report.<\/p>\n
The commission listed a total of 33 people, including former
\nEast Timor commander Brig. Gen. Tono Suratman, his immediate
\nsuperior Maj. Gen. Adam Damiri, who was former chief of the
\nUdayana Military Command which oversaw East Timor, former East
\nTimor Police chief Brig. Gen. Timbul Silaen, former intelligence
\nchief Maj. Gen. Zacky Anwar Makarim and several prointegration
\nmilitia leaders.<\/p>\n
In response to his entry in the roster, Timbul said he was
\n\"okay with the findings\".<\/p>\n
\"They have to prove it in court. Up to now, the police do not
\nsee me as a violator of human rights here,\" Timbul told reporters
\non the sidelines of the induction of Maj. Gen. Bimantoro as the
\nnew National Police deputy chief at National Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo said on the same
\noccasion the police would not accept the commission's report
\nwithout proper analysis.<\/p>\n
The government has rejected calls for an international
\ntribunal to try those involved in the violence, and has appealed
\nto members of the UN Security Council to allow Jakarta to handle
\nthe issue domestically.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Antara reported later in the day that former
\njustice minister Muladi called on the House of Representatives to
\nreject the government regulation in lieu of the law on human
\nrights tribunals as it could not try past human rights abuses.<\/p>\n
Muladi is now coordinating the defense team for the TNI
\ngenerals. (01\/ylt\/byg)<\/p>",
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