Rights team clarification

Thu, 25 Sep 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

I would like to clarify the news published on page 2 of The
Jakarta Post dated Sept. 16, 2003, on the May 1998 riots.

According to the report, the ad hoc team of the National
Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) investigating the May
1998 incident identified some 20 civilians and military officers
as being behind the disturbances.

This is not the case because we did not conclude that officers
of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police (Polri) were
behind the incident. Military and police officers are considered
responsible in terms of security, and, based on Law No.26/2000,
can be associated with crime by omission.

SALAHUDIN WAHID
Komnas HAM
Jakarta

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