Rabu, 30 Januari 2008

Rights body to probe Soeharto cases

Amid mounting calls for the government to grant hero status Suharto, the National Human Rights Commission continue to investigate the idea and showed that the late former president's involvement in past atrocities.

The committee's chairman said ifdhal kasim Suharto had died, even though a criminal complaint, he had been suspended, that human rights abuses did not occur during Suharto's tenure and closed.

"We will continue our investigation (on the case) is expected to be completed in early March by" ifdhal Antara said.

"Despite Suharto, who is politically responsible for the case, the death, but you can still find his cronies, organized and executed those who violate them," he said ifdhal.

"We will demand that these people and their probe to be held responsible."

He conducted surveys, the case-by-case five major priorities and cases, political activists arrested, including the 1969 and 1979 Bull interisland mysterious gunfights -- Petrus case known as - in 1981 to 1985.

In other cases, the July 27, 1996 incident in the case of Indonesia in Jakarta supporters struggle Democratic Party (PDI's - P), the 1984 Tanjung priok case of military operations in the region and example ( dom) from the 1970s to the 1990s in Aceh and Papua.

Buru Island incident involved at least 10,000 political prisoners, will be short-lived 5000 Petrus victim of the incident who is a criminal suspect.

Petrus occurred in some rural areas across Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.

Tanjung priok collision left 24 dead and many others were injured.

DOM is in the incident, thousands of people are kidnapped hundreds of victims and abused.

Ifdhal said the committee will continue the previous survey was based on the Commission's report.

"We will also summon witnesses, including military officials," he said.

Indonesian military chief General (tni) djoko santoso declared, but last week tni willing to cooperate with the committee involved in the violation of human rights officials said on Friday.

"We welcome tni's commitment to cooperate with us, we can not be denied that the relationship that exists between the court session," he said ifdhal.

Suharto, died Sunday at the age of 86, received a state funeral. Proposed faction in the country's Suharto's Golkar Party and the granting of the status of a national hero.

BUDI priyo santoso faction chairman, according to Suharto, one of the nation's "best numbers" Who's devotion to his status deserve.

He said the factional chairman of the Golkar proposal forward kalla Jusuf said the vice president, for feedback from the government.

Presidential spokesman, Andy mallarangeng Jakarta Post, the government is yet to discuss the proposal for the title of hero. Andy said, the government is the problem, please refer to the priority.

"The government's priority is the return of all the things that people have rights," he said.

"But we have not proposed anything to prohibit anybody, this is a democratic country."

Suharto regime of President Sukarno in 1916 founded the national hero's name.

from thejakartapost.com.