Team set to present E. Timor findings

Team set to present E. Timor findings

JAKARTA (JP): A special team from the Attorney General's
Office will hand over its preliminary report on last year's
mayhem in East Timor to Attorney General Marzuki Darusman on
Monday.

"The team is going to hand over its assessment on KPP HAM's
report to the attorney general on Monday," Marzuki told The
Jakarta Post, referring to the government-sanctioned Commission
of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in East Timor.

When pressed on whether the Attorney General's Office would at
the same time announce suspects in the East Timor violence,
Marzuki said: "No, the team is only going to recommend what
further steps should be taken."

He said the steps might include the questioning of a number of
people who were allegedly involved in the violence.

KPP HAM on Jan. 31 recommended the Attorney General's Office
launch an investigation into former Indonesian Military chief
Gen. Wiranto and 32 military and civilian officials for alleged
involvement in the violence following a self-determination ballot
in the former Indonesian province.

The Attorney General's Office then in mid-February established
a 35-member team, which was led by Deputy Attorney General for
Intelligence Yusuf Kertanegara and Deputy Attorney General for
General Crimes A. Rahman, to examine the findings of the inquiry.

Marzuki announced at that time that trials of those accused of
involvement in the campaign of terror and destruction in East
Timor would start in three months and that "within three to four
weeks, there will be a number of people who will be named as
suspects".

Jakarta has rejected the possibility of an international
tribunal to try those suspected of involvement in the East Timor
violence, arguing that it could investigate and bring to justice
those responsible.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the UN
Security Council will not set up an international tribunal if
Indonesia can prove its ability to punish those
responsible.(01/byg)