A/HRC/10/9 page 41 Indonesia Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 159 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 3 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit No N/A N/A Yes 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 162 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A Under consideration Standard cases 188. The Working Group transmitted three cases to the Government under its standard procedure. The first concerned Marsaid Jamrong Thaib Tarab, arrested at the Military District Command in Lampung in 1965. The second concerned Kaswan Tarab, arrested by the Military and last seen in detention on Buru Island, Maluku, in 1966. The third concerned Simad Tarab, arrested in 1965 by the Military and Police and taken to a factory in Central Java and last seen in 1966. Information from the Government 189. The Government submitted one communication to the Working Group dated 27 November 2007, in response to a general allegation sent in 2007. 190. The Government stated that: “any serious human rights violations which occurred before this law [Act. No. 26/2000] was established must be investigated and decided on by the Ad Hoc Human Rights Court, additionally, it must be supported by a Presidential Decision and must follow a request from the Indonesian legislative. The Ad Hoc Human Rights Court mentioned above was not in fact created until a much later date, thus post-dating the aforementioned disappearances. Therefore, from the judicial perspective, the investigation results from the National Human Rights Commission concerned with the involuntary disappearances which occurred from 1997 to 1998, did not follow the prescribed steps necessary needed for the next investigative step to take place.” Request for a visit 191. On 12 December 2006, the Working Group requested to undertake a mission to Indonesia. The Government responded that it would not be possible to receive the Working Group during 2007 and that greater benefit would be derived from a visit at a later date. A reminder letter was sent on 3 April 2008; the Government has not yet responded.

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