Prosecutors named for Abepura case

Prosecutors named for Abepura case

JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office appointed on Friday six
prosecutors in the gross human rights violations in the Papua
town of Abepura in 2000.

Secretary to the office's human rights working committee K.
Lere said the prosecutors would start working only after tbeir
induction in November.

The team comprised Mailan Syarief, Burhanuddin Achmad, Abdul
Rauf Kinu and Tonangi Madjid, all from the South Sulawesi
Prosecutor's Office, Makassar military prosecutor's office head
Aris Sudjarwadi and Manado military prosecutor's office head
Bambang Ariwibowo.

Deputy commander of the National Police Mobile Brigade
(Brimob) Brig. Gen. Johny Wainal Usman and Papua Police spokesman
Adj. Sr. Comr. Daud Sihombing have been named as suspects in the
case.

The Abepura incident occurred on Dec. 7, 2000, when a group of
50 armed proindependence people attacked the Abepura police
station, killing at least two policemen.

Brimob troops immediately raided the Namin student dormitory
in the town of Kotaraja and arrested 24 students there suspected
of supporting separatism in the province. Two of the students
were killed and dozens of others injured during questioning. --
JP