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