PAPUA
The Pursuit of Image
The victim was not present at the Military Court trial of four soldiers involved in the torture case in Papua. The human rights court is considered more credible.
November 10, 2010
HEAD of the military court’s panel of judges at the Cenderawasih Regional Military Command (Kodam), Jayapura, suddenly lashed out in anger. He shouted at an Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier sitting right in front of him, “Why did you not stop them?” The face of the soldier, Private Second Class Ishak, member of the 753/Arga Vira Infantry Battalion Security Task Force, turned pale at that instant.
“I did not stop them, I was busy recordin
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