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DATE=4/27/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-230275
TITLE=INDONESIA / DISAPPEARED (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=JENNY GRANT
DATELINE=JAKARTA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:  
INTRO: AN INDONESIAN ACTIVIST, WHO DISAPPEARED FOR EIGHT WEEKS, 
SAID MONDAY HE WAS TORTURED BY HIS MYSTERIOUS AND UNIDENTIFIED 
CAPTORS. JENNY GRANT REPORTS FROM JAKARTA THE NATIONAL COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS IT IS TRYING TO PROTECT HIM FROM FURTHER 
HARASSMENT.
TEXT:  PIUS LUSTRILANANG, THE SECRETARY OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC
ALLIANCE (ALIANSI DEMOKRASI RAKYAT - ALDERA) DISAPPEARED FROM 
JAKARTA ON FEBRUARY FOURTH AND TURNED UP IN HIS HOME TOWN OF 
PALEMBANG IN SUMATRA TWO MONTHS LATER.
AN EMOTIONAL MR. LUSTRILANANG TOLD REPORTERS MONDAY HE WAS 
ABDUCTED FROM A PUBLIC ROAD IN JAKARTA, HANDCUFFED AND  
BLINDFOLDED BY A GROUP OF UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
HE SAYS HE WAS TAKEN TO A SMALL CELL JUST OUTSIDE OF JAKARTA 
WHERE THERE WERE NO WINDOWS OR NATURAL LIGHT. 
LOUD MUSIC FROM A LOCAL RADIO STATION WAS PLAYED 22 HOURS A DAY. 
MR. LUSTRILANANG RECOUNTED HOW HIS ABDUCTORS TORTURED HIM FOR THE
FIRST TWO DAYS, USING ELECTRIC SHOCKS TO HIS HANDS, FEET AND 
GENITALS.  HE SAYS HE WAS ALSO HELD UNDERWATER AS A FORM OF 
TORTURE.
MR. LUSTRILANANG IDENTIFIED SOME OF HIS FELLOW CAPTIVES IN 
ADJOINING CELLS AS FRIENDS WHO HAVE ALSO DISAPPEARED RECENTLY. 
MANY OF THEM HAVE TURNED UP BUT ARE SAID TO BE TOO SCARED TO TALK
PUBLICLY.
                        // ACT LUSTRILANG //
THE YOUNG ACTIVIST SAYS HIS ABDUCTORS THREATENED TO HUNT HIM DOWN
AND KILL HIM IF HE SPOKE TO THE PRESS.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEGAL AID INSTITUTE HENDARDI SAYS HE FEARS 
FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS CLIENT. 
HE SAYS HE IS NOW WORKING WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND 
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS TO PROTECT MR. 
LUSTRILANANG .
COMMISSION OFFICIALS CONDEMNED THE ILLEGAL DETENTION OF MR. 
LUSTRILANANG AND UP TO 11 OTHER ACTIVISTS AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE 
RECENTLY DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY.  BUT THEY DECLINED TO ACCUSE 
THE MILITARY OR OTHER INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OF ABDUCTING
THE PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS.
JAKARTA MILITARY COMMANDER MAJOR GENERAL SJAFRIE SJAMSOEDDIN SAYS
THE MILITARY AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVE NO INVOLVEMENT IN THE 
ABDUCTIONS.  HE ADDS AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED BY THE 
DISAPPEARANCES.   (SIGNED)
NEB/JG/FC
27-Apr-98 7:26 AM EDT (1126 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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