Prosecutors delay verdict advice

Prosecutors delay verdict advice

JAKARTA: The ad hoc human rights tribunal for the Tanjung
Priok incident in 1984 was adjourned on Thursday as prosecutors
were not ready to make a sentencing recommendation for former
Army Special Forces chief Maj. Gen. Sriyanto Muntrasan.

The court gave the prosecutors until July 1 to prepare their
recommendation.

Sriyanto, who was the operations chief for the military in
North Jakarta at the time, was accused of letting his personnel
commit human rights violations.

Earlier, the court sentenced former Jakarta Military Police
chief Maj. Gen. Rudolf Butar-butar to 10 years in jail. -- JP