Australian Federal Police ponder Balibo Five charges
Paul Maley; 27/5/08
The Australian Federal Police is considering pressing charges over the shooting death of Australian journalist Brian Peters, one of the Balibo Five believed to have been murdered by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor. AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty told a Senate estimates committee in Canberra yesterday the AFP was considering a referral from the Attorney-General’s Department “in relation to the death of Brian Peters”. Mr Keelty declined to give any details on who, if anybody, might be prosecuted. “I don’t think it is appropriate to take it any further other than to say we are working with the department on this request,” he said. “Because the events are alleged to have occurred in a foreign country, there are a lot of issues about the gathering of evidence and where jurisdiction (lies), if it is possible, for any private prosecution that might take place.”
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