In a show of solidarity, Indonesian Military (TNI)...
In a show of solidarity, Indonesian Military (TNI) top brass turned up in force at the human rights tribunal to give moral support to their soldiers as they were being tried for crimes against humanity
In a show of solidarity, Indonesian Military (TNI) top brass turned up in force at the human rights tribunal to give moral support to their soldiers as they were being tried for crimes against humanity.
Four members of the military and one policeman went on trial accused of committing gross human rights violations in the destruction of the St. Ave Maria church in September 1999 in Suai.
The defendants, former Covalima regent Col. Herman Sedyono; former Suai military commander Lt. Col. Liliek Koeshadianto; his successor, Lt. Col. Sugito; former Suai military command chief of staff Capt. Achmad Syamsudin, and former Suai Police precinct chief Lt. Col. Gatot Subiaktoro, were charged with violations of Articles 7, 9, 37 and 42 of Law No. 26/2000 of the rights tribunal.
The crimes carry sentences ranging from 10 years' imprisonment to the death penalty.
Four members of the military and one policeman went on trial accused of committing gross human rights violations in the destruction of the St. Ave Maria church in September 1999 in Suai.
The defendants, former Covalima regent Col. Herman Sedyono; former Suai military commander Lt. Col. Liliek Koeshadianto; his successor, Lt. Col. Sugito; former Suai military command chief of staff Capt. Achmad Syamsudin, and former Suai Police precinct chief Lt. Col. Gatot Subiaktoro, were charged with violations of Articles 7, 9, 37 and 42 of Law No. 26/2000 of the rights tribunal.
The crimes carry sentences ranging from 10 years' imprisonment to the death penalty.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Jakarta Post, 20/03/2002)