Human skeletons found in separate graves in Aceh<\/p>\n
BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): A joint team of policemen and military
\npersonnel found eight human skeletons -- some dressed in military
\nuniforms -- during search operations in Aceh Besar, North and
\nWest Aceh on Saturday, a military source said.<\/p>\n
Lt. Col. Ferdinand, chief of Aceh Besar military district
\ncommand, said that judging from the fact that the military
\nuniforms belonged to the Indonesian military (TNI), the skeletons
\nwere likely the TNI members who were killed by the separatists
\n(GBPK) at the end of last year.<\/p>\n
All eight had probably been tortured to death, he said.<\/p>\n
\"Five skeletons were exhumed from three graves at a hilly area
\nclose to the Sultan Iskandarmuda airport in the Kuta Baro
\ndistrict, Aceh Besar, some 20 kilometers east of Banda Aceh,\"
\nFerdinand said.<\/p>\n
Last month two skeletons, believed to be victims of the
\nseparatists, were also found in the area.<\/p>\n
\"One of the skeletons (found on Saturday) was identified as
\nChief Corporal Mustari, alias Aseng, who was kidnapped by the
\nseparatist movement members on Dec. 12 1999.<\/p>\n
Another skeleton found in the village of Tanoh Mirah, North
\nAceh, was identified as Abed Beuransah, deputy speaker of North
\nAceh legislative council, North Aceh military district chief Lt.
\nCol. Suyatno stated. \"He was abducted by GBPK members on Sept. 29
\nof last year for his close ties to TNI.\"<\/p>\n
Two other skeletons were found in the village of Lhok Seumot
\nin the district of Beutong in West Aceh.<\/p>\n
According to chief of operation code-named Operasi Sadar
\nRencong, Lt. Col. Satriya Hari Prasetya, the remains were exhumed
\nfrom two separate graves.<\/p>\n
\"One of the skeletons was that of Raja Angkasah, a member of
\nthe Seunagan military subdistrict office. He was kidnapped by
\nunidentified people in January of this year, while another
\nskeleton was identified as being Ibnu Amin, a local civilian,\"
\nthe police officer said.<\/p>\n
Military and police sources said that the search for missing
\npersons -- including military, police officers and civilians --
\nwould continue.<\/p>\n
\"There were 69 people -- 11 Army members, 15 policemen and 43
\ncivilians reported missing in January of this year,\" Bahrumsyah
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Also on Saturday, Sergeant Maj. Nanang Hanafiah of Pidie
\npolice subprecinct was shot and wounded in an ambush by a group
\nof armed men around 10.30 a.m., local police chief Lt. Col.
\nEndang Emiqail Bagus announced.<\/p>\n
\"The officer was on his way to the office from his home at
\nBlang Paseh when a group of armed thugs shot him from behind and
\nsped off on their motorcycles.\"<\/p>\n
The scene of the incident was just 300 meters away from the
\npolice station. Nanang was rushed to Sigli General Hospital with
\na bullet wound in his back.<\/p>\n
The incident caused a traffic jam along the Banda Aceh-Medan
\nroute as police officers conducted a sweep of the area hoping to
\napprehend the attackers, but to no avail.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Friday morning around 5:30 a.m., a junior high
\nschool teacher named Edward M. Amin was abducted by an unknown
\narmed group near his house at Baru Jaman subdistrict in Mutiara
\ndistrict, Pidie. (50\/51\/edt\/sur)<\/p>",
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