AGO to resume murder probe

Thu, 18 Jul 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office announced on Wednesday
that it would resume its investigation into the killing of Dutch
journalist Sander Thoenes in East Timor in 1999.

Spokesman Barman Zahir said that human rights ad hoc
prosecutors would soon collect the necessary information after
his office received the results of an investigation carried out
by Dutch police Col. G.W.C. Thiry.

Thiry said on Wednesday that the conclusion of his
investigation differed with that of the Indonesian side.

Nevertheless, he hoped that a joint probe "would help in
getting new evidence, to get an even better picture (of the
case)".

Thoenes, a Jakarta-based writer for London's Financial Times,
was found dead in Dili on Sept. 22, one day after he was attacked
by six gunmen in military-like uniforms while passing the militia
hot spot of Becora on the back of a motorcycle taxi.

Indonesian investigators had said that they lacked strong
evidence to pursue the case. --JP

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