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East Timor human rights trial lawyers say police not responsible.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

| March 26, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2001 BBC Monitoring. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Jakarta, Kompas: In accordance with Operations Plan No 04/VIII/1999 dated 31 August 1999, the East Timor Police Area - including Suai Police District which was commanded by the accused Gatot Subiyaktoro - no longer had responsibility for the security, law and order of the East Timor community. This was the responsibility of TNI [Indonesian Armed Forces] Nusa Tenggara Operations Command Commander. Therefore the prosecution's charges should be considered "error in persona", that is, against the wrong person.

"Legally, the bench must find that the charges from the prosecutor cannot be accepted," said Ruhut Sitompul, one of Gatot Subiyaktoro's legal advisers during the …

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