Last E. Timor cases to be tried

Last E. Timor cases to be tried

JAKARTA: State prosecutors will submit on Tuesday the last four
cases of the 1999 East Timor debacle to the Central Jakarta human
rights court, a completion of the 12 indictments made against the
authorities of the former Indonesia province.

The final cases involve former chief of the Udayana Regional
Military Command, which also oversaw East Timor, Maj. Gen. Adam
Damiri, former East Timor military commander Brig. Gen. Suhartono
Suratman, Suhartono's successor Brig. Gen. M. Noer Muis, and
Tribuana military unit chief Col. Yayat Sudrajat.

The four are the highest-ranking officers in the list of 18
suspects. The court is now hearing the other eight cases, which
revolve around the attack by pro-Jakarta camps on refugee
proindependence groups before and after the Aug. 30, 1999
independence ballot.

Attorney General's Office spokesman Barman Zahir said on
Monday that secretary of the team of ad hoc prosecutors Umar
Bawazier and prosecutor K. Lere would file the four cases with
the court.--JP