Legislator to testify over attack

Legislator to testify over attack

JAKARTA: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
Perjuangan) legislator Alex Litaay will appear at the Jakarta
District Court on Wednesday to testify about the takeover of the
party's office on July 27, 1996.

Alex was the party's secretary-general when the incident
occurred, leaving at least five people dead.

Two soldiers, Col. Budi Purnama and First Lt. Suharto, and
three civilians, Mochamad Tanjung, Jonathan Marpaung and Rahimi
Ilyas, are on trial for the takeover.

The National Commission on Human Rights has announced that
five people were killed and 149 others injured during the riots
that followed the attack.

The incident catapulted party chairwoman Megawati
Soekarnoputri to popularity and helped her party win the 1999
general election. -- Antara