Semanggi cases stalled again

Semanggi cases stalled again

JAKARTA : The Attorney General's Office has once again returned the case files for the Semanggi I and II tragedies to the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) due to technical mistakes made by the Commission.

Komnas HAM chairman H.R. Djoko Sugianto said on Wednesday that the AGO returned the documents as they did not have some witness signatures.

Djoko, accompanied by Komnas HAM member Albert Hasibuan, was speaking to reporters after a meeting with Attorney General M.A. Rahman for consultation to complete the documents.

Djoko admitted the mistake, saying the signatures were mandatory under existing laws.

"We will try to complete the documents in 30 days and send them back to the Attorney General's Office," he said.

Several students were shot dead in the Semanggi incidents in 1998 and 1999. -- Antara