I have experienced the best and the worst, met givers and opportunists. I did what I had to do, but I am grateful to have had the opportunity to serve and grateful to the people who elected me. Concern for Indonesian Amnesty International, the U.S. Committee for Refugees, the East Timor Action Network and a number of U.S. congressmen have expressed deep concern in recent days about the disappearance of Jafar Siddiq Hamzah, a U.S. resident and Acehnese human rights activist who has campaigned against Indonesian military violence and has kept the international community informed about human rights violations in the strife-torn Indonesian province. Hamzah has testified before the House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights on past Indonesian military atrocities in Aceh. Fredrickson urged halting the resumption of any type of military assistance to Indonesia and said independent international investigators should oversee the probe into his disappearance.
Indonesian police are formally in charge of the investigation.
Our best sources say it was the work of Indonesian armed forces. He disappeared in broad daylight without a trace, obvious evidence that this was the result of a professional operation. Instead of investigating the military or militia groups the military supports, Indonesian authorities have put GAM, the armed resistance movement in Aceh, at the top of its list of suspects, Fredrickson said. Hamzah was opposed to violence as a means of resistance but was in contact and on good terms with the rebel group, she said. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.