U.N. Arrest Warrant for Indonesian General
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A U.N.-backed tribunal issued an arrest warrant against Indonesia’s former military chief and current presidential candidate Gen. Wiranto on charges of human rights abuses during East Timor’s bloody break with Jakarta in 1999, during which about 1,500 people were killed.
Wiranto’s campaign team said it was unconcerned by the warrant. Indonesian authorities have said they will not cooperate with the court in Dili.
Wiranto headed Indonesia’s army in 1999 when East Timor voted for independence. Last year, U.N. prosecutors charged him with “murder, deportation and persecution.”
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