Laksamana.Net - January 5, 2002
Not Quite the Usual Suspects
The list of the 19 suspects scheduled to go on trial in Jakarta starting
January 15 for human rights violations committed in East Timor between
April
and September 1999. Just don't expect to come across names such as Wiranto,
Eurico Guterres, Hendropriyono or Zacky Anwar Makarim.
Major General Adam Damiri: Former chief of the Bali-based IV/Udayana
Regional
Military Area Command that supervised security in East Timor. A two-star
general, Damiri is the highest-ranking officer on the list of suspects.
Brigadier General Tono Suratman: Former chief of East Timor's 154/Wiradharma
Provincial Military Command until three weeks before the August 30, 1999,
referendum on independence.
Colonel M. Nur Muis: As Tono Suratman's replacement, Muis was provincial
military chief in East Timor at the time of the referendum.
Brigadier General Timbul Silaen: Former East Timor Police chief.
Abilio Soares: Former Jakarta-appointed governor of East Timor.
Colonel Yayat Sudradjat: Former chief of the Indonesian Army's special
Tribuana Task Force for East Timor. His unit allegedly recruited, armed,
trained and indoctrinated East Timor's nefarious militias
Lieutenant Colonel Gulman Gultom: Former police chief of Dili, the capital
of
East Timor.
Lieutenant Colonel Sudjarwo: Former commander of the Dili District Military
Command.
Leoneto Martin: Former chief administrative officer (bupati) of Liquica
district in western East Timor.
Lieutenant Colonel Asep Kuswandi: Former commander of the Liquica District
Military Command.
Lieutenant Colonel A. Palopa: Former chief of Liquica Police.
Lieutenant Colonel Erman Sudjono: Former head of Covalima district in
southwestern East Timor.
Lieutenant Colonel Gatot Subiaktoro: Former police chief of Suai, located
near the border with West Timor.
Lieutenant Colonel Lili Kusardiyanto: Former commander of the Suai District
Military Command.
Captain Ahmad Syamsudin: Former chief-of-staff of Suai District Military
Command.
Lieutenant Sugito: Former commander of Suai Military Sector Command.
Izidio Manek: Militia fighter.
Alisio Mau: Militia fighter.
Martinus Bere: Militia fighter.