http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/10/wiranto-defends-human-right-record.html
Wiranto defends human right record The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 06/10/2009 8:23 PM | Presidential Election Vice presidential candidate Wiranto, who has been linked to various atrocities involving the military, braved Wedensday a forum organized by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) to assess his human rights record. "Most people still consider me a perpetrator of human rights violations, but I have to accept it as a consequence of my past duties," he told a public discussion to hear his platforms on human rights and human security. Wiranto was accused of crimes against humanity during the May 1998 riots and after an independence vote in East Timor in 1999 due to his job as the Indonesian Military chief at that time. He has never prosecuted for the cases. "It's not that I'm untouchable. I followed all the process but I was neither a suspect nor defendant in the past human rights cases," he said. During the discussion, dozens of family members of the May riot victims and human rights activist were protesting outside the YLBHI building. They unfurled posters and shouted "Bring Wiranto to trial". "There's a growing concern that if I was elected the vice president, settlement of past human rights violations would be disrupted. But, I support the spirit of human rights violations settlement," said Wiranto, the running mate for presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla. (fmb)
