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