Matius Murib

A former chief prosecutor for the Serious Crimes Unit in East Timor from 2003-2005, Nicholas Koumjian, has responded in the Jakarta Post doing just that.

"Does Wiranto now deny that the violence occurred, deny he was commander of the armed forces at the time, deny that he knew what was going on in a territory whose security he was responsible for, or deny that he did nothing to stop the violence or punish the perpetrators?" he writes.

"Over the last 17 years, Wiranto has failed to answer any of these points, and undoubtedly will fail to do so now, hoping that what happened almost two decades ago will simply be forgotten."