| Subject: Team: Document
on Timor burning valid
Indonesian Observer 29th December 1999
Team: Document on Timor burning valid
JAKARTA (IO) — The Investigative
Commission for Human Rights Abuses in East Timor [KPP HAM] yesterday
confirmed the existence and validity of the Garnadi Document which ordered
the burning of the troubled region.
Commission member Munir told reporters
yesterday KPP HAM has obtained a document containing a letter from
Indonesian Military [TNI] Headquarters appointing Brig.-Gen. Garnadi as
secretary of P4OKP, a unit set up by the office of then-Coordinating
Minister for Political and Security Affairs, Feisal Tanjung.
"We have also obtained a copy of the
Garnadi Document, as the document is now known, which contains the order
to burn down vital buildings in East Timor. The document, which bears the
letter head of the Coordinating Minister of Political and Security
Affairs, was signed by Garnadi," Munir said after the commission
questioned Garnadi.
After the August 30, UN-led ballot on
East Timor, the now independent territory saw massive atrocities —
including killings, tortures, rapes and burning allegedly conducted by
military-backed pro-integration forces, better known as militias.
KPP HAM has demanded that former TNI
commander Gen. Wiranto, who is now coordinating minister for political and
security affairs, and scores of top generals be held accountable for the
atrocities.
"Garnadi has confirmed his
signature, number and letter head of the Document Garnadi, but denies
knowledge of the contents of the document," Munir said without
elaborating.
The questioning of Garnadi is aimed at
cross-checking information given by the former head of the Timor ballot
task force Dino Patti Djalal.
"KPP HAM has established the
validity of the Garnadi Document. It’s strange if Garnadi claims he didn’t
know his staff or his own team," Munir said.
"One thing’s for sure, the
document does exist," Munir added.
The statement conflicts with the military’s
denial of the existence of the document.
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