Joestiono to face Military Tribunal

Joestiono to face Military Tribunal

JAKARTA (JP): Former Jakarta Military Police chief Col.
Joestiono will soon appear before Military Court on charges of
negligence for allowing Second Corp. Ibrahim Hasan, who at that
time was a suspect in the Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing, to
escape custody, Jakarta Military commander Maj. Gen. Bibit Waluyo
said.

"The investigation of Col. Joestiono, along with four other
Military Police officers, has almost been completed. We will soon
hand over the dossiers to the Military Tribunal," Bibit said on
Thursday.

He was speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony
of new Jakarta Military Police chief Col. Subagdja Djiwapradja.
Joestiono was absent from the ceremony.

Joestiono was dismissed from his post in July, just after
Ibrahim, a member of the Army Strategic Reserves Command
(Kostrad), escaped from his Military Police guards.

Last month, Aceh Police rearrested Ibrahim in Aceh, where he
had allegedly joined the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).

Bibit said that Ibrahim would soon be moved to Cipinang.

Ibrahim was found guilty of the JSX bombing and sentenced to
life in prison. (tso)