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Indonesian general defends ex-Timor police chief in human rights trial
An army general testifying to Indonesia's new human rights court, has denied accusations that a former East Timor police chief ignored the massacre of civilians in the territory.
Major General Adam Damiri says Brigadier General Timbul Silaen did what he could to prevent violence, but police were outnumbered by mobs.
General Damiri was the chief of the regional military command, whose responsibility included East Timor in the run-up to the territory's 1999 vote to break away from Jakarta.
He is also due to stand trial for his role in rights abuses.
General Damiri cited an attack on the refugee-packed house of Bishop Carlos Belo in the capital, Dili as an example of how police were outnumbered.
Ten people were killed in the attack, but General Damiri says police managed to save Bishop Belo and a number of other people.
11/04/2002 22:01:17 | ABC Radio Australia News
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