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Families of 1998 tragedy victims seek justice
Jakarta Post - June 26, 2015
Chrisbiantoro, a lawyer of Payan Siahaan, father of Ucok Munandar Siahaan, who went missing between 1997 and 1998, and of Yati Uryati, mother of Eten Karyana, who was killed in the May 1998 tragedy, said Friday that his clients filed the judicial review because the two cases befalling their children were declared by the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) as gross human rights violations while the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has declined to process them in accordance with the law.
"The dossiers have been submitted by Komnas HAM to the AGO but according to our clients, the two cases have not been followed up as is mandated by the 2000 human rights tribunal law," he said as quoted by Antara news agency.
He said his clients have submitted the cases seven times and the found that their constitutional rights have been breached.
He said his clients' constitutional rights were not fulfilled, since they did not get legal certainty about the fate of their relatives victimized in the tragedy.
The government and AGO have recently tried to reconcile with the families of those killed in unresolved human right abuses in the past.
The reconciliation will be offered to the families of those killed in Talangsari, Trisakti, Semanggi I and II, Wasior and the mysterious shooting tragedies. (rms)
Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/06/26/families-1998-tragedy-victims-seek-justice.html.
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