Jail sentence sought for Indonesian General

Prosecutors yesterday demanded a 10-year jail sentence for a former Indonesian military commander in East Timor accused of not preventing massacres during the country's bloody struggle for independence in 1999.

General Tono Suratman is one of 18 Indonesian military and Government officials charged with crimes against humanity.

The special tribunal in Jakarta has come under fire for acquitting 11 defendants and convicting only five so far.