Although a commanding general has been listed as a suspect in the Tanjung Priok human rights abuse case, high-ranking generals Benny Moerdani and Try Sutrisno remain untouched by the law.

Indonesian generals have established a tradition of shifting the blame to field officers in cases of human rights abuse. However, breaking from the tradition set by his predecessors, Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander in Chief, General Endriartono Sutart