Kopassus: Deeper and Deeper
Police in West Papua have implicated 11 special forces troops as suspects in the Timika attack. But, as always, the final word rests with the military's own investigating officers.
November 19, 2002
SPECIAL Forces Command (Kopassus) troops have again shrouded the Indonesian Military (TNI) in controversy. Thursday, November 14, Papuan Regional Police Deputy Chief, Brigadier General Tarigan, announced that 11 of the 12 suspects accused of attacking and killing employees from mining company PT Freeport Indonesia in Timika, Tembagapura, comprised members of the elite Special Forces.
On August 31, 2002 at Kilometer 62 on Timika highway,
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