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O 251033Z SEP 06
FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0478
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS IMMEDIATE
RUEHPB/AMEMBASSY PORT MORESBY IMMEDIATE 3226
RUEAWJB/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RHMCSUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
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RHHMUNA/CDRUSPACOM HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE

UNCLAS JAKARTA 011845 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
FBI PLS PASS CTD/ITOS I, CTD/ITOS II, GOU 
SECSTATE FOR EAP/MTS AND DS/DSS, DS/IP/EAP, DS/EAP/ITA, AND 
CA/OCS/ACS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
SUBJECT: TIMIKA TRIAL: TNI PERSONNEL TESTIFY 
 
REF: A. JAKARTA 11585 (DEFENDANTS 
     ¶B. HUNGER STRIKE) 
 
 ¶1. (SBU) On September 19, the trial of suspects charged in 
the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near 
Timika, Papua, resumed.  The defendants had ended their 
hunger strike (reftel) and were present except for Hardi 
Sugimol, who was recovering from an illness.  Amcit victim 
witnesses Patsy Spier and Steven Emma attended. 
 
¶2. (SBU) The court heard testimony from four Indonesian Armed 
Forces (TNI) soldiers who had responded to the shooting. 
These were Ibnu Hudaya, Yanto Harsono, and Wayan Ardana. 
Questioning by prosecutors and defense attorneys focused on 
the sequence of events during and following the ambush. 
After the testimony of each of the four witnesses, the 
defendants were offered the opportunity to respond. 
Anthonious Wamang, charged with murder, commented, "They can 
say whatever they want," and at one pointed disputed a minor 
aspect of Ardana's testimony.  The other defendants asserted 
they had nothing to say since they had not been present at 
the ambush. 
 
¶3. (U) The trial will resume on September 26. 
HEFFERN