Wiranto to be indicted?

Wiranto to be indicted?

We were startled upon reading reports that the United Nations
is going to indict Gen. (ret) Wiranto at the International
Tribunal for rights violations in East Timor.

Isn't it a kind of concoction that the UN will bring Wiranto
and some other generals to court for crimes against humanity
committed in East Timor around 1999?

According to foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda, the UN, which
is present in East Timor in a supportive capacity, has no
judicial authority (to indict any Indonesian for any offense).
Hassan said that the East Timor court's jurisdiction is limited
to East Timor, and the jurisdiction of Indonesian courts are also
restricted to the archipelagic borders of Indonesia.

Ad hoc trials have been ongoing in Jakarta's courts with
several civilian and military officials being tried for rights
violations in the former Indonesian province just before the
referendum was to be held there.

Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly Amien Rais has
said that bringing Wiranto to the International Tribunal would
not happen.

Any questions related to the issue (of bringing Wiranto to the
international court) were answered by the UN Secretary-General
spokesman Fred Eckhard, who said that it was the Timor Leste
(East Timor) Attorney General's Office, not the UN, that wanted
to indict Wiranto and several other Indonesian generals.

Recently, misinformation on Indonesia has been disseminated by
the Western media, especially issues connected to the military.

The question is, are these professional mistakes, deliberate
errors, or simply accidental inclusions?

-- Kompas, Jakarta