Local women discover two bodies in Pidie<\/p>\n
BANDA ACEH, ACEH (JP): More than 100 women who were combing a
\nforest in Pidie regency on Tuesday found a dead body of a man
\nbelieved to be one of several men reported missing since the
\nIndonesian Military conducted an operation there three days ago.<\/p>\n
The women from the villages in the southern part of the
\ndistrict of Meureudu said that the corpse, identified to be of
\nTengku Puhari, 30, was found in the Dije river with a gunshot
\nwound to the head.<\/p>\n
But none of them claimed to be the wife or relative of the
\ndead man.<\/p>\n
A local told The Jakarta Post that he could have been a member
\nof GAM (Free Aceh Movement).<\/p>\n
The women carried the dead body on foot walking 13 kilometers
\nbefore burying it.<\/p>\n
Hours later residents of the village of Lhok Alue Bata in the
\ndistrict of Ulim found a dead body of a 12-year-old girl.<\/p>\n
Local authorities confirmed that the girl, with gunshot wounds
\nand her arms tied with rope, was Zahriadi Nurdin, who was
\nreported missing on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The housewives returned to the forest to search for more
\nbodies with food supplies to be cooked in the forest.<\/p>\n
Aisyah Ahmad, one of the housewives, said one of her relatives
\nwas among the missing persons.<\/p>\n
"We believe that at least four of the dozens of people who had
\nfled to the forest (due to the Indonesian Military operations)
\nhad been killed," Aisyah said.<\/p>\n
She said several residents saw the four people being taken by
\nTNI personnel into the forest on Monday minutes before gunshots
\nwere heard.<\/p>\n
Chief of TNI operations at the Meureudu District Maj. Anjar
\nWirasna was not available for comment when The Jakarta Post tried
\nto contact him on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
On Monday, police claimed that GAM members killed 16 migrants
\nin a series of attacks on the Kresek and Lindung Bulan villages
\non Sunday and early Monday.<\/p>\n
In Lhokseumawe, Central Aceh, a total of 42 people were killed
\nby an unidentified group who had attacked the district of Bandar
\nlast week.<\/p>\n
The deputy chief of TNI operations in Aceh, Col. M. Jali Yusuf
\nsaid when visiting the victims at the Takengon hospital on Monday
\nthat the brutal attack must have been conducted by AGAM, the
\nmilitary wing of GAM.<\/p>\n
In Jakarta, Indonesian Military Chief Adm. Widodo said in a
\nhearing with Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR)
\non Monday that TNI could not crush the rebels within one to two
\nyears.<\/p>\n
"TNI will continue its operations to weaken the (rebel)
\nmovement. The operation was based on a presidential decree."<\/p>\n
He added that the presence of two Army battalions from East
\nJava which have been conducting civic mission programs had won
\nthe hearts of the Acehnese people. "This has apparently angered
\nthe separatist rebels which led them to kill so many civilians in
\nTakengon, Central Aceh." (50\/51\/rms\/sur)<\/p>",
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