Appeal justices sworn in

Appeal justices sworn in

JAKARTA: Supreme Court Chief Bagir Manan swore in on Monday
six appeal justices for the ad hoc human rights tribunal, to
handle cases of human rights defendants acquitted in the lower
courts.

The human rights tribunal has so far prosecuted 16 people for
their roles in gross human rights violations in East Timor in
1999, of which 11, mostly military and police officers, have been
acquitted. Meanwhile, the trials of former East Timor military
Commander Brig. Gen. Tono Suratman and former Udayana Military
Commander Maj. Gen. Adam Damiri are still ongoing.

The six appeal judges, four of whom are academicians, are:
Sumaryono Suryokusumo, Eddy Djunaedi Karnasudirdja, A. Masyhur
Effendi, Ronald Zelfianus Titahelu, Sakir Ardiwinata, and Tomy
Boestomi.

They were appointed by President Megawati Soekarnoputri on
Feb. 24. --JP