Police focus on riot instigators<\/p>\n
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Police said on Monday there was
\nstrong evidence linking eight people, including prominent
\nfigures, to the Nov. 30 riot here, Antara reported.<\/p>\n
\"Four of the eight people are high-ranking officials,\" chief
\nof the provincial police, Col. Engkesman Rangkeong Hillep, said
\nfollowing a closed-door meeting with members of the National
\nCommission on Human Rights.<\/p>\n
Commission members Clementino dos Reis Amaral, Benyamin
\nMangkoedilaga and Mohammad Salim are in Kupang to collect
\nfirsthand information on the Nov. 30 tragedy.<\/p>\n
The Kupang incident followed a procession initiated by four
\nChristian youth organizations to mourn the Nov. 22 riot in
\nKetapang, Jakarta, which claimed at least 14 lives and damaged
\nseveral buildings, including churches.<\/p>\n
At least 11 mosques and smaller Moslem places of worship were
\nset ablaze and more than a dozen houses, a haj dormitory,
\ngovernment offices and school buildings were destroyed in the
\nKupang riot, causing material losses of nearly Rp 30 billion.<\/p>\n
During their visit, the commission members also met with
\nMoslem, Christian and Catholic figures.<\/p>\n
Hillep said the eight were identified after the interrogation
\nof 54 suspects. He said the provocateurs ordered or incited the
\nmourners to commit destructive acts.<\/p>\n
\"When the time comes we will arrest them.\"<\/p>\n
He said dossiers of 14 of the 54 suspects in the looting and
\narson during the riot were submitted to the local public
\nprosecutor's office for further processing.<\/p>\n
\"The rest will be submitted to the public prosecutor's office
\nin one to two weeks' time,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He added the police also impounded three trucks used in the
\nriot.<\/p>",
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