3 More Officials Cleared of East Timor Charges
From Times Wire Reports
A court acquitted a police chief, a government official and an army colonel of crimes against humanity in a case stemming from East Timor’s break from Indonesia in 1999.
Lt. Col. Asep Kuswani, Police Lt. Col. Adios Salova and district head Leonita Martins were cleared of charges of failing to prevent pro-Jakarta militias from attacking a church in the town of Liquica on April 6, 1999, killing at least 22 people.
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