Long-suffering protesters meet Mursidi<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Activists and thirty relatives of victims of
\nlast year's Trisakti and Semanggi shootings on Thursday waited
\nfor six hours before they could meet with Jakarta Military Police
\nchief Col. Mungkono Mursidi to demand follow-up investigations.<\/p>\n
While Mursidi was out of the office, duty officers at the
\nJakarta Military Police Headquarters prevented the protesters,
\nmostly women in their fifties, from entering the compound. The
\nprotesters, arrived at 11 a.m., then staged a sit-down in front
\nof the headquarters on the sidewalk of Jl. Sultan Agung in South
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The protest obstructed traffic, stranding passing vehicles and
\nmotorcycles.<\/p>\n
The protesters included parents of the students killed in the
\nfatal shootings, university students and several activists from
\nthe Team of Volunteers for Humanity. The students and the
\nactivists are grouped under the Association of the Victims of
\nPolitical Violence.<\/p>\n
The military police was urged to make every effort to reveal
\nthe names of military officers believed to have been involved in
\nthe two incidents.<\/p>\n
Cecep, father of Engkus Kusnadi -- one of the victims of the
\nSemanggi shooting, said a staff member at military police
\nHeadquarters Maj. Wempy Hapan promised relatives last week that
\nMilitary Police chief Col. Mungkono Mursidi would meet with them
\non Thursday.<\/p>\n
By 2 p.m. on Thursday the commander was still not available. A
\nstaff member from his office said Mungkono was attending a
\nmeeting at city Military Command Headquarters.<\/p>\n
The military police chief eventually appeared and met the
\nrelatives of the victims and the activists at 5:15 p.m..<\/p>\n
While quoting coordinator of the protest, Azas Tigor
\nNainggolan, Mursidi said the case is now handled by the National
\nMilitary Police headquarters.<\/p>\n
"The Jakarta Military Police headquarters is only a small
\nelement in the investigation," he said.<\/p>\n
A scuffle occurred after students and activists suspected an
\nidentified young man as a military intelligence member.<\/p>\n
The protesters chased the fleeing man and hit him several
\ntimes before security personnel escorted him to the safety of the
\nmilitary police building.<\/p>\n
Four students were fatally shot in the last May's Trisakti
\nincident in West Jakarta, while 16 people, including eight
\nstudents, were killed last November in the Semanggi incident in
\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The military's internal investigation report revealed that the
\nbullets, which killed the students and other people in both
\nincidents, were fired from military members' rifles. (asa)<\/p>",
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