Officers questioned over July 27 incident

Officers questioned over July 27 incident

JAKARTA (JP): The National Police chief has questioned three
generals and two colonels in connection with the investigation
into the July 27, 1996 bloody takeover of the Indonesia
Democratic Party (PDI), an officer said on Tuesday.

Col. Saleh Saaf of the National Police information department
identified the high-ranking officers as former National
Police chief Gen. Dibyo Widodo, former Central Jakarta Police
chief Brig. Gen. Aboebakar Nataprawira, former Jakarta Police
chief, Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata, former chief of the city police
operational control Col. John Lallo and former city police chief
of detectives Col. Paimin.

"The police questioned Pak Dibyo today (Tuesday). The rest
were questioned a few days earlier. We asked them among other
things, the procedures used to investigate the 27 July 1996
incident," Saleh said.

"I can't give you the results of the questioning, but we have
found clues to solving this case."

Aboebakar is currently deputy chief of the National Police
Staff and Leadership School (Sespim), while Hamami is the current
governor of the Police Academy.

As reported earlier, city police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi said
that police detectives are hastily questioning related witnesses
in an attempt to complete the investigation into the bloody
takeover within the three-month deadline set by National Police
chief Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo.

"We are questioning dozens of people who were directly
involved in the massive unrest that followed the takeover, and
bystanders as well," Nurfaizi said.

The unrest following the party headquarters takeover, left
five people dead, 149 injured, and 23 people still missing. (ylt)