Supreme Advisory Council approves government's Aceh action<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Supreme Advisory Council (DPA) chairman Achmad
\nTirtosudiro said on Friday that the council had given its
\npolitical approval and support to the government's policy on
\nAceh.<\/p>\n
\"National security has become of paramount importance. If the
\ngovernment can maintain a stabilized situation nationwide, I
\nexpect the political elite will stop condemning the government,\"
\nAchmad told reporters after meeting with top security authorities
\nat his office.<\/p>\n
Attending the meeting were Coordinating Minister for
\nPolitical, Social and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,
\nMinister of Defense Mahfud M.D., Minister of Home Affairs and
\nRegional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja, Indonesian Military (TNI)
\nCommander Adm. Widodo AS, National Police chief Gen. Surojo
\nBimantoro and the TNI's Strategic Intelligence Body's (Bais) Vice
\nMarshall Ian Santoso Perdanakusuma.<\/p>\n
The government has promoted six policies as a solution to the
\nstrife in Aceh -- political, economic, social, legal, security
\nand an information approach.<\/p>\n
The government also recently announced that it would crack
\ndown on separatist rebels in the province by launching a limited
\nmilitary operation.<\/p>\n
After public outcry, government officials then toned down
\ntheir talk and identified the operation with a more docile tag as
\na \"limited security operation\" in which police would still be at
\nthe forefront.<\/p>\n
Suprin<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in Aceh, police said on Friday they were stepping up
\nan investigation into the death of Suprin Sulaiman, 37, who was
\nmurdered along with Tengku Al-Kamal, 45, and driver Amiruddin in
\nSouth Aceh on Thursday afternoon. They were found dead in their
\ncar.<\/p>\n
Suprin was a legal advisor of Aceh's Coalition NGOs for Human
\nRights.<\/p>\n
\"The three were found dead on the road linking Jl. Negara
\nTapak Tuan to Blang Pidie in South Aceh regency. Their bodies all
\nbore gunshot wounds,\" Cinta Meunasah II Operation spokesman Adj.
\nSr. Comr. Sad Harunantyo said.<\/p>\n
The three had left the South Aceh Police station after giving
\na statement.<\/p>\n
The officer further explained that Tengku Al-Kamal was a
\nwitness in a rape case involving five women who suggested that
\nthe rape was perpetrated by members of the police force.<\/p>\n
Harunantyo claimed that the women had changed their testimony
\nseveral times and were probably separatist rebels who were lying
\nabout the case.<\/p>\n
The murder of Suprin has raised condemnation at home and
\nabroad such as from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights
\nAssociation (PBHI), Aceh's Coalition NGOs for Human Rights and
\nthe Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM).<\/p>\n
The United States Embassy in Jakarta also said in a statement
\non Friday that America deeply regretted the killing and urged the
\ngovernment \"to investigate the deaths and punish those
\nresponsible\".<\/p>\n
\"Suprin Sulaiman's organization, the Coalition for Human
\nRights NGOs, was a USAID grantee.<\/p>\n
\"We express our most sincere condolences to the families of
\nall of them and we urge all individuals on all sides to commit
\nthemselves to finding a peaceful solution to the conflicts in
\nAceh,\" the embassy said. (edt\/02\/50\/51\/)<\/p>",
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