Atmajaya students stage peaceful rally

JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of students from Atmajaya Catholic university staged a peaceful rally in front of the House of Representatives compound, demanding the House issue recommendations to investigate the shooting of students in three separate incidents.

The students demanded the House's special commission investigate the student killings and establish an ad hoc human rights trial to try those responsible for the student killings at Trisakti University in 1998 and the Semanggi cloverleaf in 1998 and in 1999.

They urged the commission to stop conducting hearings with military generals as it would be fruitless and only give time to the generals to absolve themselves of responsibility.

They also called on the House to urge the government to give attention to the incidents and demonstrate its responsibility for the incidents to the families of the victims.