Bold Priok victims want to testify

Bold Priok victims want to testify

JAKARTA: A number of witnesses who were victims of the 1984
Tanjung Priok massacre demanded they be given a chance to testify
at the ad hoc human rights tribunal, where a number of the
prosecution's witnesses have rescinded earlier testimony.

The victim's group, currently being represented by the
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras),
said the weak testimonies given so far could allow the judges to
acquit the generals standing trial for their role in the
shooting, which left dozens of citizens dead.

"We have systematically been sidelined from the trial and we
believe that it is part of efforts to clear the names of the
generals who have been indicted," one of the victims, Husein
Safei, said. -- JP