Trisakti trial to end today

Trisakti trial to end today

JAKARTA (JP): The long journey of the Trisakti incident's
military tribunal might at last end today because the presiding
judge is scheduled to read the final verdict on the two police
officers brought to trial after the May 12 incident.

Today's 16th session, to be led by presiding judge Col. Sudji
Suradi, will determine the fate of First Lt. Agus Tri Heryanto
and Second Lt. Pariyo, both from the city police Mobile Brigade.

Prosecutor Col. Sadji Purwono has demanded the court sentence
Agus, a company commander during the incident, to 10 months in
prison, and Pariyo, a platoon commander, to seven months in
prison.

The two have been charged under Article 103 of the Military
Penal Code for indiscipline. They allegedly ordered their
subordinates to open fire on crowds in an attempt to disperse
them during an anti-government protest staged by hundreds of
Trisakti University students.

All nine members of the defendants' civilian defense team led
by Adnan Buyung Nasution are scheduled to attend the final
session of the trial.

Meanwhile, the head of the team investigating the incident,
Jakarta Police Military Commander Col. Hendardji said that he was
preparing dossiers on more suspects in the incident in which four
Trisakti students died.

"We are currently waiting for the results of joint ballistics
tests being carried out by the National Police Forensic
Laboratory (Puslabfor), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and
weapons manufacturer PT Pindad.

He said that after the trial of the two officers was complete,
five more of the 18 suspects held in connection with the incident
would be brought before the court.

"But they are not the main suspects," Hendardji added. (edt)