Govt told to 'resolve' student shootings

Govt told to 'resolve' student shootings

JAKARTA: Families of victims of the 1998/1999 student
shootings urged the House of Representatives on Wednesday to push
the government to issue a presidential decree establishing an ad
hoc human rights tribunal to try the cases.

They criticized the House's complicated mechanism in reviewing
a recommendation by previous House members stating that the
shootings were not human rights violations.

A House commission agreed in July to review the
recommendation, which has stalled the investigation by the
Attorney General's Office (AGO).

Notification of the agreement was immediately forwarded to the
House's scheduling committee but it is yet to arrange a meeting
to determine which commission will conduct the review. The review
itself could take months. --JP