Ell lJNCLASSIFIED PTQ9778 RELEASED IN FULL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO JAKART 02751 PTQ9778 01 OF 02 180559Z LOG-OO CA-02 DS-OO IM-01 ADS-OO PA-OO SSO-OO PRM-01 ACDA-08 ACDE-OO AID-OO AIT-03 AMAD-01 ClAE-OO SMEC-OO DINT-OO DODE-OO DOEE-OO EB-OO HHS-01 ED-01 FBIE-OO FRB-OO SSA-01 IO-OO LAB-01 TEDE-OO INR-OO OIC-02 OMB-01 NSAE-OO NSCE-OO OCS-03 PM-OO CIO-OO SCT-OO PRS-OO P-OO SS-OO STR-OO T-OO USIE-OO PMB-OO DRL-04 G-OO NFAT-OO SAS-OO 1035W ------------------3EFBBE 180943Z 138 o 171153Z MAY 98 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1579 DEPTTREAS WASHDC INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING ASEAN COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY CANBERRA AIT TAIPEI 0701 USMISSION GENEVA AMEMBASSY TOKYO USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI CON F IDE N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 002751 DEPARTMENT FOR TFID01 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 02751 01 OF 02 UN TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY CHARLES E LAHIGUERA CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED DATE CASE ID 19 JUN 2006 200502473 180559Z UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 SRPP-OO H-01 L-01 OPIC-01 SP-OO DSCC-OO s s-o UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS WORKING GROUP CINCPAC FOR FPA TEARE STATE FOR EAP PIMBS EB OMA AND INR IL E O 12958 DECL 5 08 2008 TAGS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL CASC PINR ID SUBJECT TFID01 INDONESIA SITUATION REPORT 5 17 1 U CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS ED MCWILLIAMS REASON 1 5 D 2 C SUMMARY THE DEATH TOLL IN JAKARTA RIOTING HAS CLIMBED TO OVER 500 WITH THE DISCOVERY OF MORE REMAINS IN BURNED OUT BUILDINGS OVER THE WEEKEND COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT WERE LEAVING JAKARTA WITH SOME OPEN SEATS WHILE JAKARTA REMAINED CALM AS OF MID-AFTERNOON MAY 17 MAY 15-16 SAW RIOTING IN CENTRAL JAVA TOWNS TENSIONS ARE HIGH AGAIN IN MEDAN AFTER THREE STUDENTS REPORTEDLY WERE WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE MINISTER OF DEFENSE WIRANTO HAS GIVEN PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE POLICE'S INVESTIGATION OF THE KILLING OF STUDENTS AT JAKARTA'S TRlSAKTI UNIVERSITY THE PRELIMINARY REPORT ACKNOWLEDGES ERRORS WERE MADE BY SECURITY FORCES AN NGO HAS DEMANDED INVESTIGATION OF OTHER ALLEGED SHOOTING OF - STUDENTS IN OTHER CITIES BANKS WILL REOPEN MAY 18 END SUMMARY THE DEATH TOLL IN JAKARTA FROM LAST WEEK'S RIOTING RISES 3 C THE ICRC CHIEF IN JAKARTA CONFIRMED PRESS ACCOUNTS THAT CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 02751 01 OF 02 180559Z OVER 500 REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN BUILDINGS BURNED OUT IN LAST WEEK'S RIOTING POLICE REPORT THAT OVER 1 000 PERSONS HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIOTING JAKARTA REMAINED CALM MAY 17 4 U CHECKING SOEHARTO-HATTA AIRPORT EMBOFFS FOUND THAT OVER THE WEEKEND SOME COMMERICAL AIRCRAFT WERE LEAVING JAKARTA WITH OPEN SEATS JAKARTA REMAINED CALM ON MAY 17 POLOFFS WALKED AROUND CHINA TOWN GLODOK ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT DURING UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED THE RIOTING AND LOOTING ON MAY 15 OUTDOOR MARKETS WERE OPEN THE STREETS WERE FILLED WITH PEOPLE AND SOME OF THE LOCAL ETHNIC CHINESE HAD RETURNED THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL THOROUGHFARE OUTSIDE OF CHINA TOWN GADJA MADAH STREET THAT HAD SEEN MAJOR RIOTING ON MAY 15 WAS CHOKED WITH TRAFFIC ONE EMPLOYEE IN A LOCAL MARKET WARNED HOWEVER THAT IT COULD BE DIFFICULT AGAIN IN CHINA TOWN ON MAY 20 WHEN NATION-WIDE STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS ARE PLANNED NEW RIOTING OUTSIDE OF JAKARTA REPORTED 5 U ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTING ON MAY 16 TENSIONS ROSE IN MEDAN SCENE OF EXTENSIVE RIOTING EARLIER IN THE MONTH AFTER POLICE SHOT AND WOUNDED THREE STUDENTS WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING A POLICE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHOM THEY ACCUSED OF SPYING ON THEIR MEETING WITH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS 6 U MAY 17 MEDIA REPORT THAT NEW RIOTING BROKE OUT IN THE CENTRAL JAVA TOWNS OF BOYOLAI KARNAGANYAR AND SUKOHARDJO LATE MAY 15 RIOTERS TARGETED DOZENS OF SHOPS SELLING BASIC CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 JAKART 02751 01 OF 02 180559Z COMMODITIES IN BOYOLAI THERE WAS ALSO DESTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL GOODS AND VEHICLES AN OVERNIGHT CURFEW WAS PUT IN PLACE AMCONSUL SURABAYA REPORTED THAT SOURCES FROM THE AREA SAID THAT TENSIONS WERE HIGH IN BOYOLAI THROUGH MAY 16 7 U IN KARANGANYAR RIOTERS DESTROYED THREE SUPERMARKETS A BANK AND A NUMBER OF VEH CLES MANY STORES WERE LOOTED 8 U IN KARTASURA SUBDISTRICT RIOTERS BURNED THREE SUPER MARRETS THREE BANKS AND A NUMBER OF VEHICLES INCLUDING THE CAR BELONGING TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE POLICE REPORTS CLAIM THAT 50 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED 9 U IN SRAGEN REGENCY RIOTERS DESTROYED AN OFFICE COMPLEX AND STORES SELLING BASIC COMMODITIES HINTS THAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT IMPOSE NEW CONTROLS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 10 U AFTER A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT Y 16 SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT HARMOKO TOLD THE PRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT WOUlD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT CITIZEN'S RIGHTS AND PROPER Y NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO MAINTAIN NATIONAL UNITY HARMOKO ADDED THAT II THE PRESIDENT WILL SOON TAKE THESE MEASURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS AUTHORITY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE NATIONAL AND STATE II HE ADDED HOWEVER THAT CONFIDENTIAL NNNNPTQ9780 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 JAKART 02751 02 OF 02 PTQ9780 180600Z ACDA-08 ACDE-OO AID-OO AIT-03 AMAD-01 ClAE-OO SMEC-OO DINT-OO DODE-OO DOEE-OO EB-OO ED-01 FBIE-OO FRB-OO HHS-01 SSA-01 TEDE-OO INR-OO IO-OO LAB-01 OIC-02 NSAE-OO NSCE-OO OCS-03 OMB-01 PRS-OO CIO-OO P-OO SCT-OO PM-OO SS-OO STR-OO T-OO USIE-OO PMB-OO DRL-04 G-OO NFAT-OO SAS-OO 035W ------------------3EFBD4 180944Z 38 o 171153Z MAY 98 ZDK ALL STATIONS FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1580 DEPTTREAS WASHOC INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING ASEAN COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY CANBERRA AIT TAIPEI 0702 INFO LOG-OO CA-02 DS-OO IM-01 ADS-OO PA-OO SSO-OO PRM-01 UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 SRPP-OO H-01 L-01 OPIC-01 SP-OO DSCC-OO UNCLASSIFIED USMISSION GENEVA AMEMBASSY TOKYO USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI CON F IDE N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 JAKARTA 002751 DEPARTMENT FOR TFID01 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 02751 02 OF 02 180600Z S S-O OPERATIONS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS WORKING GROUP CINCPAC FOR FPA TEARE STATE FOR EAP PIMBS EB OMA AND INR IL E O 12958 DECL 5 08 2008 TAGS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL CASC PINR ID SUBJECT TFID01 INDONESIA SITUATION REPORT 5 17 II THE REFORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN IN ALL SECTORS II GIVING SUBSTANCE TO THESE HINTS ARE REPORTS THAT SOEHARTO WILL RECREATE THE POWERFUL SECURITY AGENCY KNOWN AS KOPKAMTIB UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GENERAL PRABOWO ARMED FORCES CHIEF ISSUES STATEMENT ON KILLING OF STUDENTS 11 U MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND CARMED FORCES COMMANDER WIRANTO TOLD A PARLIAMENT COMMISSION ON MAY 15 THAT AFTER A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE KILLING OF STUDENTS IT APPEARED THE STUDENTS HAD BEEN FIRED ON BY SECURITY FORCES WHO WERE USING LIVE AMMUNITION FROM ATOP A PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS ACCORDING TO WI Rl NTO II THE SHOOTINGS WERE CLEARLY PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND A VIOLATION OF DISCIPLINE II HE ADDED IIWITHIN A SHORT TIME I WILL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE TRANSPARENTLY ALL RESULTS OF THE TEAM'S INVESTIGATION INCLUDING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TRAGEDY NOTE POLCOUNS ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING EXAMINED POSSIBLE FIRING POSITIONS ATOP THE OVERPASS HE FOUND NO EXPENDED UNCLASSIFIED CARTRIDGES UNCLASSIFIED GIVEN THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE STUDENTS FELL ON CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 02751 02 OF 02 180600Z CAMPUS THE OVERPASS APPEARED TO BE AN UNLIKELY FIRING POINT STUDENTS ON CAMPUS WHO HAD BEEN PRESENT DURING THE FIRING SAID THAT THEY THOUGHT SHOTS WERE ALSO FIRED FROM ATOP SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN THE AREA WITH HIGHER BETTER VANTAGE POINTS THAN AFFORDED BY THE OVERPASS MEGAWATI TOLD POLCOUNS MAY 17 THAT WHEN SHE APPEARED ON CAMPUS TO SPEAK AT CEREMONIES FOR THE DEAD STUDENTS MAY 13 SHE WAS TOLD THAT MARKSMEN WERE POSITIONED ON BUILDINGS OVERLOOKING THE CAMPUS AS SHE SPOKE END NOTE H RIGHTS NGO ACCUSES ABRI OF ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS 12 U WHILE WELCOMING GENERAL WlRANTO'S CANDID COMMENTS PARA 11 REGARDING THE MAY 12 KILLING OF STUDENTS THE INDONESIAN LEGAL AID FOUNDATION YLBHI ON MAY 16 ACCUSED THE ARMED FORCES OF FAILING TO SUPERVISE SECURITY MEASURES USED BY TROOPS TO QUELL PROTESTS THE ABRI IS NO LONGER ABLE TO CONTROL TROOPS IN REGA iID TO SECURITY MEASURES USED IN THE FIELD n CLAIMED YLBHI THE NGO URGED THAT ABRI ALSO INVESTIGATE WHAT THE NGO CLAIMED WERE SHOOTINGS OF STUDENTS IN SOLO JOGJAKARTA AND MALANG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS 13 U BANK INDONESIA HAS ORDERED BANKS TO OPEN ON MONDAY MAY 18 ACCORDING TO THE CENTRAL BANK AND CONFIRMED BY A U S BANKER THE BI REP STATED THAT THE CENTRAL BANK IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY BANKS CASH AS NEEDED BANKS WILL BE ASKED TO DESIGNATE BRANCHES TO SERVE CUSTOMERS WHOSE OWN BRANCHES HAVE BEEN BURNED ISSUES TO WATCH ON MONDAY INCLUDE CASH DEMAND EXCHANGE RATE PRESSURES AND POSSIBLE SECURITY PROBLEMS CAUSED INTER ALIA BY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED JAKART 02751 02 OF 02 PAGE 04 PANICKY OR DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMERS ROY 180600Z CONFIDENTIAL NNNN @@@OASYS@@@ CONCATENATED PTQ9175 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 JAKART 02751 01 OF - 02 PTQ9175 180150Z ACDA-08 ACDE-OO AID-OO AIT-03 AMAD-01 ClAE-OO SMEC-OO DINT-OO DODE-OO DOEE-OO ED-01 FBIE-OO FRB-OO HHS-01 EB-OO TEDE-OO INR-OO IO-OO LAB-01 SSA-01 OIC-02 OMB-01 NSAE-OO NSCE-OO OCS 03 PRS-OO CIO-OO SCT-OO P-OO PM-OO USIE-OO PMB-OO SS-OO STR-OO T-OO G-OO NFAT-OO SAS-OO 035W DRL-04 ------------------3EE942 180500Z 38 0 171153Z MAY 98 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1579 DEPTTREAS WASHDC INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING ASEAl COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY CANBERRA AIT TAIPEI 0701 USMISSION GENEVA AMElV D3ASSY TOKYO USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI INFO LOG-OO CA-02 DS-OO IM-01 ADS-OO PA-OO SSO-OO PRM-01 CON F I DEN T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 002751 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 02751 01 OF 02 180150Z DEPARTMENT FOR TFID01 S S-O OPERATIONS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS WORKING GROUP UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 SRPP-OO H-01 L-01 OPIC-01 SP-OO DSCC-OO CINCPAC FOR FPA TEARE STATE FOR E PIMBS -UNCLASSIFIED EB OMA AND INR IL E O 12958 DECL 5 08 2008 TAGS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL CASC PINR ID SUBJEC TFID01 INDONESIA SITUATION REPORT 5 17 1 U CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS ED MCWILLIAMS REASON 1 5 D 2 C SUMMARY THE DEATH TOLL IN JAKARTA RIOTING HAS CLIMBED TO OVER 500 WITH THE DISCOVERY OF MORE REMAINS IN BURNED OUT BUILDINGS OVER THE WEEKEND COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT WERE LEAVING JAKARTA WITH SOME OPEN SEAT WHILE JAKARTA REMAINED CALM AS OF MID-AFTERNOON MAY 17 MAY 15-16 SAW RIOTING IN CENTRAL JAVA TOWNS TENSIONS ARE HIGH AGAIN IN MEDAN AFTER THREE STUDENTS REPORTEDLY WERE WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE MINISTER OF DEFENSE WlRANTO HAS GIVEN PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE POLICE'S INVESTIGATION OF THE lULLING OF STUDENTS AT JAKARTA'S TRlSAKTI UNIVERSITY THE PRELIMINARY REPORT ACKNOWLEDGES ERRORS WERE MADE BY SECURITY FORCES AN NGO HAS DEMANDED INVESTIGATION OF OTHER ALLEGED SHOOTING OF STUDENTS IN OTHER CITIES BANKS WILL REOPEN MAY 18 END SUMMARY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 02751 01 OF 02 180150Z THE DEATH TOLL IN JAKARTA FROM LAST WEEK'S RIOTING RISES 3 C THE ICRC CHIEF IN JAKARTA CONFIRMED PRESS ACCOUNTS THAT OVER 500 REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN BUILDINGS BURNED OUT IN LAST WEEK'S RIOTING POLICE REPORT THAT OVER 1 000 PERSONS HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIOTING JAKARTA REMAINED CALM MAY 17 4 U CHECKING SOEHARTO-HATTA AIRPORT EMBOFFS FOUND THAT OVER THE WEEKEND SOME COMMERICAL AIRCRAFT WERE LEAVING JAKARTA WITH OPEN SEATS JAKARTA REMAINED CALM ON MAY 17 POLOFFS WALKED AROUND CHINA TOWN GLODOK ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT DURING THE RIOTING AND LOOTING ON MAY 15 OUTDOOR MARKETS WERE OPEN THE STREETS WERE FILLED WITH PEOPLE AND SOME OF ' THE LOCAL ETHNIC UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CHINESE HAD RETURNED THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL THOROUGHFARE OUTSIDE OF CHINA TOWN GADJA MADAH STREET THAT HAD SEEN MAJOR RIOTING ON MA Y 15 WAS CHOKED WITH TRAFFIC ONE EMPLOYEE IN A LOCAL MARKET WARNED HOWEVER THAT IT COULD BE DIFFICULT AGAIN IN CHINA TOWN ON MAY 20 WHEN NATION-WIDE STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS ARE PLANNED NEW RIOTING OUTSIDE OF JAKARTA REPORTED 5 U ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTING ON MAY 16 TENSIONS ROSE IN MEDAN I SCENE OF EXTENSIVE RIOTING EARLIER IN THE MONTH AFTER POLICE SHOT AND WOUNDED THREE STUDENTS WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING A POLICE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHOM THEY ACCUSED OF SPYING ON THEIR MEETING WITH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 JAKART 02751 01 OF 02 180150Z 6 U MAY 17 MEDIA REPORT THAT NEW RIOTING BROKE OUT IN THE CENTRAL JAVA TOWNS OF BOYOLAI I KARNAGANYAR AND SUKOHARDJO LATE MAY 15 RIOTERS TARGETED DOZENS OF SHOPS SELLING BASIC CO MM ODITIES IN BOYOLAI THE'RE WAS ALSO DESTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL GOODS AND VEHICLES AN OVERNIGHT CURFEW WAS PUT IN PLACE AMCONSUL SURABAYA REPORTED THAT SOURCES FROM THE AREA SAID THAT TENSIONS WERE HIGH IN BOYOLAI THROUGH MAY 16 7 U IN KARANGANYAR RIOTERS DESTROYED THREE SUPERMARKETS A BANK AND A NUMBER OF VEHICLES MANY STORES WERE LOOTED 8 U IN KARTASURA SUBDISTRICT RIOTERS BURNED THREE SUPER MARKETS THREE BANKS AND A NUMBER OF VEHICLES INCLUDING THE CAR BELONGING TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE POLICE REPORTS CLAIM THAT 50 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED 9 U IN SRAGEN REGENCY RIOTERS DESTROYED AN OFFICE COMPLEX AND STORES SELLING BASIC COMMODITIES HINTS THAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT IMPOSE NEW CONTROLS 10 U AFTER A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT MAY 16 SPEAKER OF UNCLASSIFIED UNCbASSIFIED PARLIAMENT HARMOKO TOLD THE PRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT CITIZEN'S RIGHTS AND PROPERTY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO MAINTAIN NATIONAL UNITY HARMOKO ADDED THAT liTHE PRESIDENT WILL SOON TAKE THESE MEASURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS AUTHORITY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE NATIONAL AND STATE HE ADDED HOWEVER THAT CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 05 JAKART 02751 01 OF 02 180150Z CONFIDENTIAl UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NNNNPTQ8856 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO LOG-OO CA-02 DS-OO SSA-01 NSAE-OO PM-OO SS-OO DRL-04 JAKART ACDA-08 ClAE-OO EB-OO TEDE-OO NSCE-OO PRS-OO STR-OO G-OO 02751 02 OF 02 ACDE-OO SMEC-OO ED-01 INR-OO OCS-03 P-OO T-OO NFAT-OO PTQ8856 171231Z AID-OO DINT-OO FBIE-OO IO-OO OIC-02 CIO-OO USIE-OO SAS-OO AIT-P3 AMAD-01 DODE-OO DOEE-OO FRB-OO HHS-01 LAB-01 L-01 OMB-01 OPIC-01 SCT-OO SP-OO PMB-OO DSCC-OO 034W --------- --------3ED19F 171231Z 38 o 171153Z MAY 98 ZDK FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1580 DEPTTREAS WASHDC INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING ASEAN COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY CANBERRA AIT TAIPEI 0702 USMISSION GENEVA AMEMBASSY TOKYO USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI CON F IDE N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 JAKARTA 002751 DEPARTMENT FOR TFID01 S S-O OPERATIONS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL CRISIS WORKING GROUP CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 SRPP-OO H-01 ADS-OO PA-OO SSO-OO PRM-01 UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 02751 02 OF 02 171231Z CINCPAC FOR FPA TEARE STATE FOR EAP PIMBS EB OMA AND INR IL E O 12958 DECL 5 08 2008 TAGS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL CASC PINR ID SUBJECT TFID01 INDONESIA SITUATION REPORT 5 17 THE REFORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN IN ALL SECTORS GIVING SUBSTANCE TO THESE HINTS ARE REPORTS THAT SOEHARTO WILL RECREATE THE POWERFUL SECURITY AGENCY KNOWN AS KOPKAMTIB UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GENERAL PRABOWO ARMED FORCES CHIEF ISSUES STATEMENT ON KILLING OF STUDENTS 11 U MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND CARMED FORCES COMMANDER WlRANTO TOLD A PARLIAMENT COMMISSION ON MAY 15 THAT AFTER A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE KILLING OF STUDENTS IT APPEARED THE STUDENTS HAD BEEN FIRED ON BY SECURITY FORCES WHO WERE USING LIVE ITION FROM ATOP A PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS ACCORDING TO WIRAN'TO THE SHOOTINGS WERE CLEARLY PROC DURAL ERRORS AND A VIOLATION OF DISCIPLINE II HE ADDED WITHIN A SHORT TIME I WILL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE TRANSPARENTLY ALL RESULTS OF THE TEAM'S INVESTIGATION INCLUDING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TRAGEDY NOTE POLCOUNS ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING EXAMINED POSSIBLE FIRING POSITIONS ATOP THE OVERPASS HE FOUND NO EXPENDED CARTRIDGES GIVEN THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE STUDENTS FELL ON CAMPUS THE OVERPASS APPEARED TO BE AN UNLIKELY FIRING POINT STUDENTS ON CAMPUS WHO HAD BEEN PRESENT DURING THE FIRING SAID CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 02751 02 OF 02 171231Z THAT THEY THOUGHT SHOTS WERE ALSO FIRED FROM ATOP SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN THE AREA WITH HIGHER BETTER VANTAGE POINTS THAN AFFORDED BY THE OVERPASS MEGAWATI TOLD POLCOUNS MAY 17 THAT WHEN SHE APPEARED ON CAMPUS TO SPEAK AT CEREMONIES FOR THE DEAD UNCLASSIFIED UNC bASSIFIED STUDENTS MAY 13 SHE WAS TOLD THAT MARKSMEN WERE POSITIONED ON BUILDINGS OVERLOOKING THE CAMPUS AS SHE SPOKE END NOTE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO ACCUSES ABRI OF ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS 12 U WHILE WELCOMING GENERAL WlRANTO'S CANDID COMMENTS PARA 11 REGARDING THE MAY 12 KILLING OF 'STUDENTS THE INDONESIAN LEGAL AID FOUNDATION YLBHI ON MAY 16 ACCUSED THE ARMED FORCES OF FAILING TO SUPERVISE SECURITY MEASURES USED BY TROOPS TO QUELL PROTESTS II THE ABRI IS_ NO LONGER ABLE TO CONTROL TROOPS IN REGARD TO SECURITY MEASURES USED IN THE FIELD n CLAIMED YLBHI THE NGO URGED THAT ABRI ALSO INVESTIGATE WHAT THE NGO CLAIMED WERE SHOOTINGS OF STUDENTS IN SOLO JOGJAKARTA AND MALANG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS 13 U BANK INDONESIA HAS ORDERED BANKS TO OPEN ON MONDAY MAY 18 ACCORDING TO THE CENTRAL BANK AND CONFIRMED BY A U S BANKER THE BI REP STATED THAT THE CENTRAL BANK IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY BANKS CASH AS NEEDED BANKS WILL BE ASKED TO DESIGNATE BRANCHES TO SERVE CUSTOMERS WHOSE OWN BRANCHES HAVE BEEN BURNED ISSUES TO WATCH ON MONDAY INCLUDE CASH DEMAND EXCHANGE RATE PRESSURES AND POSSIBLE SECURITY PROBLEMS CAUSED INTER ALIA BY PANICKY OR DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMERS ROY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 JAKART 02751 02 OF 02 171231Z UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED - This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu