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he II-11 Yogyakarta Military Court received the dossiers on the murder of four detainees at a prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta, which involved members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus).

'We have received the dossiers of the shootings at the Cebongan Penitentiary,' the military court's head of administration, Capt. Aulisa Dandel, told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.

She said the II-11 Yogyakarta Military Prosecutors Office chief submitted the documents to the military court on Monday afternoon.

Yogyakarta chief military prosecutor, Lt. Col. Budi Harto refused to speak to journalists about the matter.

'The chief does not want to give any information,' Imam P, a guard at the military prosecutors office, said.

Based on the Post's observations, two multipurpose vehicles (MPV) still remain in front of the office ' the soldiers used the MPVs in the raid.

Aulisa said the military court could not give a trial schedule.

Article 132 of Law No. 31/1997 on military tribunal cites that after receiving dossiers from the military prosecutors, the military court would decide if the case was under its jurisdiction. If the military court finds the case is not under its jurisdiction, the dossiers would be returned to the military prosecutors and submitted to another military court, as per Article 133 (1).

Article 136 (1) states that if the military court finds the case to be under its jurisdiction, the military court chief will designate a panel of judges. The court chief will also set the schedule and instruct the military prosecutors to call for defendants and witnesses.

Zainal Arifin Mochtar, a legal observer from Gadjah Mada University, said the military court had to conduct a fair trial.

To ensure a fair trial, Zainal urged that proceeding should be open so the public had access to the trial. He also hoped the military court would reveal what really happened because there were still grey areas, especially regarding the number of perpetrators. The Indonesian Army said there were 12 soldiers carrying out the attack, while the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said there were 14 of them.