Govt seeks native Acehnese speaker

Govt seeks native Acehnese speaker

JAKARTA: Government is desperately looking for an Indonesian
interpreter to translate into English evidence on the role played
by Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leaders in exile, which is presented
in the Acehnese language.

Interim coordinating minister for political and security
affairs Hari Sabarno said on Monday translation was necessary to
support the legal processing of three GAM leaders based in
Sweden.

If possible, the interpreter should live in Sweden or Belgium,
according to Hari.

Sweden has launched an investigation into the GAM leaders --
Hasan Tiro, Zaini Abdullah and Malik Mahmood -- whom Indonesia
has accused of leading a rebellion in Aceh. While Hasan evaded
detention due to his age, Zaini and Malik were released on Friday
due to an inability by prosecutors to understand evidence
presented by Indonesia that had been written in Acehnese.--JP