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        "id": 1823978,
        "msgid": "veteran-data-in-ntt-allegedly-manipulated-1782391909",
        "date": "2026-06-25 19:09:00",
        "title": "Veteran Data in NTT Allegedly Manipulated",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Ministry of Defence suspects data manipulation affecting veteran benefits in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Officials report that genuine former combatants, particularly from the Timor Timur period, are being denied their allowances while ineligible individuals receive them. The government is coordinating with local authorities and PT Taspen to resolve the issue, though veteran organisations face funding constraints for proper data verification.",
        "content": "<p>Data on veterans in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is suspected of having\nbeen manipulated. As a result, many genuine fighters have not received\ntheir allowances, while those who are not entitled have been receiving\nthem.<\/p>\n<p>This was conveyed by the Head of the Veterans Centre of the National\nReserve Component of the Ministry of Defence, Brigadier General TNI Asep\nTardiana Wachgi, during a coordination meeting on the follow-up to\nresolving veterans\u2019 issues in 2026 in Kupang on Thursday\n(25\/6\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is still a lot of information that those who are not entitled\nto veterans\u2019 allowances are receiving them. Yet, those who truly fought,\nespecially in Timor Timur, are not receiving their allowances,\u201d Asep\nstressed.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the Ministry of Defence\u2019s National Reserve\nComponent, there are 6,085 veterans in NTT of various types. The\nmajority of them are Seroja veterans, namely fighters from the Timor\nTimur period of 21 May 1975 to 17 July 1976.<\/p>\n<p>Asep emphasised that this data manipulation issue will be resolved in\ncoordination with PT Taspen, the regional government, the Regional\nLeadership Council of the Veterans\u2019 Legion of Indonesia for NTT, as well\nas the regional military commands and district military commands in\nNTT.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the NTT Regional Leadership Council of the Veterans\u2019\nLegion of Indonesia, retired Police Commissioner AKBP Stefanus Djawa\nBotha, supported the Veterans Centre\u2019s initiative to evaluate veterans\nin NTT. Stefanus also confirmed that the current number of veterans in\nthe NTT region stands at 6,085.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to our data, it is 6,085. That is not yet final because\nmany veteran members who have received their rights as veterans have\nnever registered as members of the Veterans\u2019 Legion,\u201d Stefanus\nexplained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our data, there are 6,085 veterans in NTT, but there are no\nreports on whether any have passed away or not; they never report,\u201d\nStefanus added.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanus explained that the NTT Regional Leadership Council of the\nVeterans\u2019 Legion faces obstacles in collecting real-time data on the\nexact number of veterans. This is because the council lacks the budget\nto conduct direct checks across the various regencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no support from the regional government, so we only have the\nspirit to build this organisation,\u201d Stefanus stated.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/veteran-data-in-ntt-allegedly-manipulated-1782391909",
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