President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) said Friday that Indonesian soldiers must obey the rules and military discipline.
“I instruct the Indonesian Military Commander to impose serious sanctions on soldiers who break the rules and disciplines,” Yudhoyono said at a meeting with the Indonesian Military chiefs in Jakarta.
He said that he was concerned about the violations committed by soldiers, including the torture of civilians in Papua.
The violations and misdemeanors, even though they seemed small in scale, had tarnished the image of Indonesia among the international community.
“The United Nations, Europe and the United States were concerned about those incidents,” he said.
“The most important thing is to resolve the incident transparently and accountably.”
To prevent similar incidents from occurring in future, Yudhoyono called on military chiefs to provide troops with training before deploying them to conflict areas.
During the meeting, which was attended by 135 military commanders, Yudhoyono ordered the military chiefs to pay more attention to law enforcement and human rights, peacekeeping and the fight against terrorism.
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