Who Dares Touch the Top Brass?

Military and police generals involved in the East Timor case can now be put on trial. That’s if the new law isn’t just a tool for yet more political engineering.

November 13, 2000

It looks like a number of generals will soon have to wear heart monitor devices to prevent their blood pressure from suddenly soaring. That’s because now there is no further reason not to try several of the top brass from both the Military and police implicated in human rights crimes in East Timor. A week ago on Monday, the main hurdle to their trial—the bill on the human rights court—was passed by the House of Representatives (

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