Minimum sentence sought for officers<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Prosecutors of ad hoc rights tribunal on Thursday
\ndemanded the minimum 10-year jail term for one police and two
\nmilitary officers charged with crimes against humanity in East
\nTimor in 1999.<\/p>\n
The three men -- army Lt. Col. Asep Kuswani, police Lt. Col.
\nAdios Salova, and district military head Leonita Martins -- were
\ncharged with failing to prevent pro-Jakarta militias from
\nattacking a church in Liquica on April 6 and killing at least 22
\npeople.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Harry Ismi said the three defendants ignored
\ninformation on the attack and made no move to stop the aggression
\ncarried out by their subordinates.<\/p>\n
Crimes against humanity can carry a maximum penalty of the
\ndeath sentence.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said Thursday that they could not find enough
\nevidence to prove the main charge that the defendants had taken
\npart or had ordered their subordinates to carry out the attack.<\/p>\n
Before, during and after the United Nations-sponsored
\nreferendum in 1999, thousands of pro-Jakarta militias went on
\nbloody rampages that killed at least 1,000 innocent people.<\/p>\n
The three are among 18 Indonesian military and police
\nofficials held responsible for the violence. Six have already
\nbeen acquitted of all crimes. Only Abilio Jose Osorio Soares, the
\nlast Indonesian governor of the province, was found guilty and
\nsentenced to three years in prison. --JP<\/p>",
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