East Timor suspects to be named within two days

East Timor suspects to be named within two days

JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General Marzuki Darusman admitted
that President Abdurrahman Wahid had recommended naming some two-
star generals as suspects in the East Timor human rights
violation case.

When asked by journalists on Tuesday, whether Abdurrahman had
only given a recommendation to name two-star generals as
suspects, Marzuki replied: "Yes, let's just wait till tomorrow.
But yes, there are some high-ranking officials on the list."

After attending a ministerial meeting on political, social and
security affairs, Marzuki said that the investigation team will
have completed the dossiers within the next day or two.

"The East Timor case is the responsibility of my office and my
office alone. Within one or two days, the entire East Timor
investigation will have been concluded by the team. We will see
then," Marzuki said.

The Attorney General had promised to announce 30 names as
suspects in the East Timor case this week. The case dossiers will
then be submitted to the court for further legal action.

However, it is still unclear whether four-star Gen. (ret)
Wiranto, the Indonesian Military (TNI) chief at the time when the
violence erupted in East Timor, is among them.

Of 33 alleged suspects according to an earlier report by an
inquiry team established by the National Commission on Human
Rights (Komnas HAM), two are four-star generals, namely Wiranto
and Gen. (ret) Feisal Tanjung, the former coordinating minister
for political affairs and security.

The announcement of the suspects was originally scheduled for
Aug. 23 but the Attorney General's Office postponed it in order
to seek stronger legal grounds after a recent constitutional
amendment which provides protection against retroactive charges.

"Just wait until tomorrow. We will all know about the results
tomorrow," Marzuki added. (dja)