The dishonorable discharge of 19 non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Prajurit Setia 100th Airborne Battalion—following a pre-dawn attack on two police headquarters in Binjai on September 30—may seem excessive. The cashiering of the battalion commander and all of the company commanders from their posts, which was personally executed by Army Chief of Staff General Ryamizard Ryacudu a day later, was seen to be a hasty decisi