Two TNI men indicted over E. Timor<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Investigators in East Timor have issued an indictment
\nagainst two Indonesian military officers over the 1999 killing of
\na Dutch journalist around the time the territory voted to break
\nfrom Jakarta's harsh rule.<\/p>\n
The United Nations, which administered East Timor until its
\nformal independence last May, said in a statement that arrest
\nwarrants had been requested from the Dili District Court and
\nwould then be forwarded to Indonesia's attorney-general.<\/p>\n
The indictment, the first to be issued over the murder of
\nFinancial Times reporter Sander Thoenes, also covered the alleged
\nkilling of 20 other civilians. A military spokesman in Jakarta
\ndenied all the accusations against the two officers.<\/p>\n
The statement by the United Nations Mission of Support in East
\nTimor (UNMISET) said the indictment was against the commanding
\nofficer of Battalion 745 at the time and a platoon commander.<\/p>\n
\"The indictment charges 17 counts of crimes against humanity,
\nincluding 14 counts of murder in which members of Battalion 745
\nare alleged to have killed 21 civilians during September 1999,\"
\nthe statement said.<\/p>\n
Both the military officers are believed to be residing in
\nIndonesia, the statement added. It did not name them.<\/p>\n
Deputy military spokesman Brig. Gen. Tono Suratman -- East
\nTimor's military commander at the time of the bloody vote -- said
\nBattalion 745 found Thoenes's body, but did not kill him.<\/p>\n
\"It was certainly not them that did it,\" Tono said. -- Reuters<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/two-tni-men-indicted-over-e-timor-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }