Tom Harkin: “I give the Indonesians credit. The article says that this new government commission ``. . . named six top…”

“I give the Indonesians credit. The article says that this new government commission ``. . . named six top generals--including Gen. Wiranto . . . and General Anwar for possible criminal prosecution'' and that the ``militia'' with their ``surrogates carried out an orchestrated campaign of mass killing, torture, forced deportation, rape and sexual slavery in East Timor.'' The East Timorese resistance leader and Nobel laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, said in Singapore that Wiranto should be tried and not just removed from the cabinet. ``In this day and age, you cannot kill hundreds of people, destroy a whole country, and then just get fired.'' These are crimes against humanity. I wholeheartedly commend the present Government of Indonesia and its human rights commission for their bravery in doing this investigation and coming up with this finding. I think it moves the democratic forces far ahead in Indonesia because they were able to come out with this finding.”