Sumber : The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 04/08/2008, Ridwan Max Sijabat,
Former chief of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), Gen. (ret) A.M. Hendropriyono, said he would answer a National Human Rights Commission summons for questioning, but only after it publicly clarified the status of the case.
Hendropriyono was shocked when the media reported the commission's plan to force him to testify over his alleged role in a military attack on a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in the Lampung village of Talangsari 19 years ago.
Hendropriyono, who was the Lampung military commander at that time, underlined that he had never received a letter of summons from the rights body.
"I am ready to fulfill the summons to give a satisfactory explanation of the motives behind the operation, which was part of the military's duties to maintain security and political stability," he told The Jakarta Post recently.
The commission has urged Hendropriyono to comply with a summons it sent Feb. 22. The case is being reopened after relatives of those killed and injured in the incident filed complaints with the rights body.
Some 52 people, including four soldiers, were killed and dozens of others injured when the military crushed a movement led by Warsidi in Talangsari on Feb. 7, 1989.
The incident was preceded by the killing of Capt. Sutiman. A total of 21 followers of Warsidi were jailed for the killing and their involvement in the movement.
Hendropriyono said he was overseas on an academic trip in February, but that nobody at his home received any letters from the rights body.
He also denied reports the Lampung military had launched an attack on an Islamic boarding school, saying what he found and reported to his superior was not a pesantren but a bivouac site, and it was not built in a forested area but on land that was provided by Jayus, an informant for the local military.
"To determine whether the military operation violated human rights or not, it must be observed in a security and defense context. Besides, the state is responsible to protect the human rights of the majority of civilians who were intimidated by the separatist group," he said.
Hendropriyono was shocked when the media reported the commission's plan to force him to testify over his alleged role in a military attack on a pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in the Lampung village of Talangsari 19 years ago.
Hendropriyono, who was the Lampung military commander at that time, underlined that he had never received a letter of summons from the rights body.
"I am ready to fulfill the summons to give a satisfactory explanation of the motives behind the operation, which was part of the military's duties to maintain security and political stability," he told The Jakarta Post recently.
The commission has urged Hendropriyono to comply with a summons it sent Feb. 22. The case is being reopened after relatives of those killed and injured in the incident filed complaints with the rights body.
Some 52 people, including four soldiers, were killed and dozens of others injured when the military crushed a movement led by Warsidi in Talangsari on Feb. 7, 1989.
The incident was preceded by the killing of Capt. Sutiman. A total of 21 followers of Warsidi were jailed for the killing and their involvement in the movement.
Hendropriyono said he was overseas on an academic trip in February, but that nobody at his home received any letters from the rights body.
He also denied reports the Lampung military had launched an attack on an Islamic boarding school, saying what he found and reported to his superior was not a pesantren but a bivouac site, and it was not built in a forested area but on land that was provided by Jayus, an informant for the local military.
"To determine whether the military operation violated human rights or not, it must be observed in a security and defense context. Besides, the state is responsible to protect the human rights of the majority of civilians who were intimidated by the separatist group," he said.
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