Dossier completed on 'Tenth Division'

MALANG, East Java: The provincial prosecutors' office here will soon submit to court the dossier of a group caught holding illegal military training, Antara reported yesterday.

The group, calling itself the Tenth Division or the Revolutionary Escort Command, was led by Prawira Negara alias Romo who claims to be the reincarnation of first Indonesian president Sukarno.

The group, composed of civilians and four members of the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI), was caught staging a military training here in September.

Further investigations showed that the group claims to have knowledge of funds kept by Soekarno in a bank in Switzerland and is trying to retrieve them.

Anwar Dirham of the prosecutors' office said the dossier consists of 12 files detailing the offenses of 60 members of the group, 27 of whom fall under light criminal acts, 28 under medium, and five under severe criminal acts.

The four members of ABRI will be brought to a military court, he said.

Dirham said the group's actions could not be considered subversive.

He said the group's activities were purely criminal in nature, violating Articles 134, 164 and 169 of the State Penal Code (KUHP), for defaming the former head of state and setting up a criminal organization. (swe)