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Inter-Parliamentary Union | |||
Chemin du Pommier 5, C.P. 330, CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva, Switzerland |
at its 176th session (Manila, 8th April 2005) *
Referring to the case of Mr. Tengku Nashiruddin Daud of Indonesia, as outlined in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/176/13(b)-R.1), and to the resolution adopted at its 175th session (October 2004),
Recalling that the previous House of Representatives had entrusted its Aceh Monitoring Team with the task of overseeing the investigation into the murder of Tengku Nashiruddin Daud, perpetrated in January 2000; following the Team's visit to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province (NAD province) on 7 and 8 May 2004, the Indonesian House of Representatives received, on 17 June 2004, a progress report on the investigation into the murder of Mr. Daud from the regional police of North Sumatra province, which confirmed earlier information as to the identity of the alleged suspects, namely that witness statements suggested that the perpetrators were five members of the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka [GAM]), one of whom had reportedly been shot dead while the others had fled to NAD province; recalling that this hypothesis appears to rest on the statement of Ibrahim Amd, who was or still is suspected of the Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing and his girlfriend; recalling finally that a key witness in this case, Abu Bakar Daud, disappeared after he had given testimony to the police,
Recalling also that the parliamentary authorities have suggested, most recently at a meeting the IPU Secretary General had with the two Deputy Speakers during the meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization (AIPO) (13-17 September 2004), that GAM may have abducted and murdered Mr. Daud because of his criticism of that rebel movement and his refusal to join or support it, and that GAM had issued threats against him; and recalling in this respect, however, that the source has always affirmed that there was nothing to suggest that Mr. Daud was engaged in opposing GAM, and that it instead considered it highly likely that Mr. Daud's murder was linked to his outspoken stance against the military and their activities in Aceh,
* The Indonesian delegation expressed its reservation regarding paragraph 3 and stated that Mr. Tengku Nashiruddin Daud had received death threats because of his criticism of GAM.
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