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印尼將承認涉及一九九九年東帝汶暴行
法新社╱張芷瑄 2008-07-15 20:05
（法新社印尼努沙杜阿十五日電）印尼今天預料將承認一項真相調查的結果，這項調查結果將東帝汶一九九九年舉行獨立公投期間違反人道的罪行歸咎於印尼。
但是印尼國會議員已拒絕將此一暴行的涉案者交予國際刑事法庭審判。東帝汶獨立公投票期間約有一千四百人喪生和成千上萬人流離失所。
印尼總統尤多約諾和東帝汶總統霍塔，將在峇里島正式接受這份各界期待已久、由「真相與友誼委員會」所做成的報告。
法新社取得此份報告的副本，報告內容顯示，印尼軍警和政府鼓勵、甚至參與包括謀殺、強迫遷移、非法拘留和強姦等罪行。
在東帝汶舉行是否脫離印尼獨立的公投期間，當地民兵在印尼軍隊的支持下肆意施暴，造成據估一千四百人喪生。印尼於一九七五年入侵東帝汶。
如果這個聯合委員會的報告獲得證實且被接受，將是印尼政府首次承認它應為東帝汶的嚴重侵犯人權和違反人道罪行負責。
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Indonesia expresses regret over ETimor atrocities
by Aubrey Belford
2 hours, 24 minutes ago
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesia on Tuesday expressed regret for violence in East Timor in 1999 after accepting a report blaming it for crimes against humanity, but rejected calls for an international tribunal.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised to implement the recommendations made by the truth commission in its report on the months of violence, including murders and rapes, surrounding East Timor's independence vote.
"We have conveyed our very deep regret about what happened in the past, that caused casualties and material damage," he said as he received the report in a ceremony alongside East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta on Bali island.
"We must learn from what happened to find out the facts over who has done what to whom, and who must be held responsible."
But he added: "We cannot move forward and reach our dreams if we always focus our attention on the past," a sign Indonesia wants to draw a line under the matter despite fresh calls for an international tribunal.
An estimated 1,400 people were killed when local militias backed by the Indonesian military rampaged through East Timor as the then-province voted to break away from Indonesia, which invaded in 1975.
Until now Indonesia has always blamed the local militias, and no Indonesian commander or civilian leader has ever been successfully prosecuted.
"It's hoped that the problem of human rights violations prior to and during the referendum has been resolved and does not need to be followed up by legal processes," Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said.
A draft of the report obtained by AFP says Indonesia bears "institutional responsibility" for a campaign of abuses that amounted to crimes against humanity.
It said the violence was "organised and systematic" and that the Indonesian army, police and government encouraged and even participated in crimes including murder, forced displacement, illegal detention and rape.
"Viewed as a whole these attacks constituted an organised campaign of violence," it said, without naming any of the organisers.
Ramos-Horta said East Timor was not seeking an international tribunal to punish those responsible.
"Justice is not and cannot be only prosecutorial in the sense of sending people to jail. Justice must also be restorative," he said.
"We as leaders of our people must lead our nations forward."
But people in Dili who suffered under Indonesian repression were not so forgiving.
"They arrested and tortured Timorese people. All the generals must be held responsible. They must be brought to justice," said Dili resident Jose Xavier Amaral, 32, who was tortured for nine days by pro-Indonesian forces in 1999.
The only person ever jailed over the violence, militia leader Eurico Guterres, was cleared of involvement by Indonesia's Supreme Court in April.
Former Indonesian armed forces chief Wiranto, indicted by UN prosecutors in 2003 for crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the violence, is making a second run at Indonesia's presidency in next year's elections.
The truth commission, set up in 2005, did not name names and has no prosecution powers.
Its work was boycotted by the United Nations, which has already blamed Indonesia and demanded that those responsible face justice.
Rights activists said its findings should lead to criminal investigations and prosecutions.
"Those who committed crimes against humanity throughout Indonesia's invasion and occupation of East Timor must be identified and prosecuted," a coalition of East Timor human rights groups said in a joint statement.
The commission found that pro-independence groups also committed crimes but pro-Indonesian militias were the "primary" perpetrators.
East Timor, which was a Portuguese colony before Indonesia invaded in 1975, finally gained formal independence in May 2002.
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