Indonesia: US Should Justify Training Counterterrorism Unit

In the February 4 letter, Human Rights Watch detailed human rights abuses committed by Kopassus. Although 11 military personnel, including several members of Kopassus, were convicted for abducting the student activists in 1997 and 1998, as of 2007 the majority remained in the military and had received promotions. A Kopassus officer, Lt. Col. Tri Hartomo, was convicted of abuse leading to the 2001 death of a Papuan activist, Theys Eluay, but today Hartomo serves in a senior command position in Kopassus.