They are second sergeant US, first sergeant S, first sergeant TJ, first sergeant AR, second sergeant SS, first sergeant MRPB, first sergeant HS, second sergeant IS, first corporal K, major sergeant R and major sergeant MR.Semarang, Central Java (ANTARA News) - The Central Java Diponegoro Military Command IV`s Military Police here on Tuesday issued the initials of Kopassus members involved in the raid of a penitentiary in Cebongang, Sleman, Yogyakarta, on March 23.
"The TNI (military) members who have been named suspects in the case are now held in Semarang for investigation," the command spokesman, Col Widodo Raharjo, said.
They are second sergeant US, first sergeant S, first sergeant TJ, first sergeant AR, second sergeant SS, first sergeant MRPB, first sergeant HS, second sergeant IS, first corporal K, major sergeant R and major sergeant MR, he said.
He said their investigation had already been carried out since Monday by the command`s military police.
He said investigation of 11 prison officers had also been done while investigation of 31 inmates in the penitentiary still had yet to be carried out.
He said 38 military police investigators had been assigned to investigate the case including three officers from the central command.
He said no deadline had been set for the conclusion of the investigation but it would be carried out as quickly as possible.
When the investigation finished, the dossiers would be submitted to the military prosecutor`s office in Yogyakarta.
"The trial will be done openly and so the general public could follow it," he said.
The army has got praises for the admission it made that 11 special forces Kopassus unit members were involved in the raid that led to the death of four inmates.
It said the inmates killed in the raid were thugs implicated in the murder of Kopassus chief sergeant Heru Santoso at Hugo`s Cafe days before, adding the raid was done spontaneously out of esprit de corps.(*)
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