THE court sitting in the trial of Lieutenant Colonel Soedjarwo pronounced the former chief of the Dili military area guilty of human rights violations in the wake of the referendum which led to East Timor's independence in 1999.

Soedjarwo is the first Indonesian Military (TNI) officer found guilty of human rights violations in what used to be Indonesia's 27th province. Previously, the court tended to acquit TNI officers of all charges and bl