Foundation probes 1968 Blitar massacre

Foundation probes 1968 Blitar massacre

JAKARTA: The Kasut Perdamaian Foundation said on Wednesday
that it was conducting an investigation into the massacre in
South Blitar, East Java, that happened between 1965 and 1968 as
part of its peace efforts.

Ester Jusuf, the chairman of the investigative team, said that
starting Aug. 12, eleven workers would remove the rocks at the
Luweng Tikus cave that had buried the massacred victims -- people
killed by the military because they were alleged to be
communists.

The remains of those killed would be removed from the caves,
and would be buried. The total cost of the program is around Rp
36.2 million.

After that, the foundation will initiate the construction of a
museum or a monument of peace to remember those massacred. --JP