Incident Date
Time

Location

Perpetrator

1

05 Oct. 2000

10:00

Batu 8, Kuta Makmur, North Acheh

NO Army posted at PTP Satya Agung MHQ

On a sweep operation in the Batu 8 village the Army has kidnapped and killed innocent civilians. The Army personnel has interrogated villagers for GAM HQ and arrested whom they suspected or those who gave unsatisfactory answers. The victims were taken to MHQ to be later found dead on a roadside on the next day

Dead

1. Tgk. Abdul Wahab, m, 50 yrs, from Lhok Mon Puteh
2. Ibrahim Abidin, m, 42 yrs, from Batu 8
3. Saifuddin Jacob, m, 35 yrs, from Batu 8

2

05 Oct. 2000

16:00

Cot Plieng, Bayu, North Acheh

NO Army posted at Geudong MHQ

A group of semi-uniformed army personnel in a civilian Jeep and assisted by a local informant, Ampon Thayeb, has abducted two civilians who were walking on the roadside and tossed them into the Jeep. The whereabouts of the victims are still unknown

1. Iskandar, m, 22 yrs
2. Mustafa, m, 27 yrs

3

06 Oct. 2000

16:15

Samadua, South Acheh

NO Brimob posted at Samadua SPHQ

On a sweep operation, the Brimob has illegally arrested and detained two civilians whom they later tortured until one of them died and the other is still kept in the HQ. The victims have been late to stop their motorbike when ordered to do so

1. M. Saleh, m, 32 yrs, from Sp 3 Alue Paku, dead
2. Muchtar, m, 32 yrs, detained

4

09 Oct. 2000

14:00

Keumuneng Vlg, Birem Bayeuen, East Acheh

Non-Organic (NO) Mobile Brigade (Brimob) posted at Sungai Mati

The Brimob has arrested a village clerk without any arrest warrant and brutalized him. The victim has been detained ever since without any legal procedure.

Hasballah bin Daud, male (m), 40 yrs

5

09 Oct. 2000

11:00

Kuala Glumpang, Julok, East Acheh

Joint Forces NO Army posted at Buket MHQ Leusong and Brimob posted at Julok SPHQ

On a sweep operation, the joint forces have arbitrarily opened fire with live munitions on innocent civilians killing 3 of them and wounded 11 others. Those victims were employee of "Mon Jambe, Ltd.", a shrimp farm company. Four motorbikes were confiscated and one light truck was destroyed. RI claimed that there has been an ambush by GAM and those who have been shot and tortured were GAMs. According to eyewitnesses there was no ambush and no other provocation whatsoever by anyone, but simply the RI troops opened fire at the workers who were resting under the shade of bushes on the bank of a shrimp pool.

The victims:

1. Saiful, m, 32 yrs, Kp. Naleueng, Julok, dead
2. M. Amin, m, 21 yrs, Kp. Naleueng, Julok, dead
3. Syarifah Abdullah, f, 30 yrs, Kp. Naleueng, Julok, dead
4. Samin M. Ali, m, 42 yrs, Bireuen, left eyeball extirpated
5. Rusli Nurdin, m, 35 yrs 10. Tgk. Ahmad bin Basyah, m, 22 yrs.
6. Yusniar Ahmad, f, 20 yrs 11. Safaruddin, m, 30 yrs
7. Mohammad Ali, m, 25 yrs 12. Jasmin Yusuf, f, 40 yrs
8. Sulaiman Hanafiah, 25 yrs 13. Ahmad Ali, m, 25 yrs
9. Said bin Ali, m, 22 yrs 14. May Abdullah, m,

6

09 Oct. 2000

03:00

Punti Pulo Agam, Tanah Luas, North Acheh

NO Army and Brimob of Simpang Mulieng HQs

At 3:00 o’clock in the morning ,a group of Army and Brimob entered the village and ransacked several houses. They looted a lady merchant, Ms. Juwairiah Daud. 15 t-shirts, 15 pants, 30 sets of jilbab, and 20 boxes of herb medicine were taken by the RI troops

Ms. Juwairiah Daud, f, 32 yrs

7

10 Oct. 2000

10:00

Simpang Lhee Meureudu, Pidie

Joint Forces NO Army/Brimob posted at Meureudu HQs

The joint forces launched an offensive assault on villages around Simpang Lhee Meureudu. Several houses and stores were torched, tons of rice belonged to an adjacent rice mill was robbed, and 7 innocent civilians, mostly passersby, were illegally arrested and detained (random abduction and without warrant) and brutalized.

Victims:

1. Sulaiman bin Rajab, m, 31 yrs, from Mayang Cut
2. Zulka Hendra, m, 40 yrs, from Mayang Cut
3. M. Yusuf A. Rahman, m, 32 yrs, from Mayang Cut
4. Khairul R. Idris, m, 18 yrs, from Mayang Lancok
5. Mustapha Sulaiman, m, 32 yrs, from Mayang Lancok
6. Usman Samalanga, m, 40 yrs, from Mayang Lancok
7. Jafaruddin A. Jalil, m, 26 yrs, from Mayang Lancok

Owners of the torched buildings:

1. Bakri bin Ishaq, m, 28 yrs, at Seunong village
2. Saifuddin Z. Abidin, m, 35, at Seunong village

Robbed:

Approx 3 tons of rice belonged to rice mill "Hidup Baru"

8

10 Oct. 2000

08:00

Mns. Mesjid, Blang Mangat, North Acheh

Joint Forces NO Mariner/Brimob posted at Lhokseumawe HQs

The joint forces launched an offensive assault on Mns. Mesjid village. One coffee shop was torched and two schoolboys were illegally arrested and detained (random abduction and without warrant) and brutalized.

1. Iqbal bin Ilyas, m, 12 yrs
2. Husaini bin Muchtar, m, 16 yrs

Torched:

Coffee shop belonged to Fauzi M. Nur, m, 28 yrs

9

11 Oct. 2000

17:30

Cot Keu-eueng, Darussalam Greater Acheh

NO Brimob posted at Banda Acheh PHQ and Lingke PHQ

On a sweep mission in Cot Keu-eueng village the Brimob has illegally arrested and detained 3 innocent civilians who at the time of incident were working in their gardens (collecting grass for livestock) and in a shop. The police refused to inform their whereabouts. The Brimob has also shot dead 3 cows they found on the road

1. Usman Hasyem, m, 25 yrs
2. M. Amin Juned, m, 27 yrs
3. Marzuki Ahmad, m, 32 yrs
4. Three ‘innocent’ cows

10

11 Oct. 2000

22:00

Punteuet, Blang Mangat, North Acheh

NO Army posted at Lhokseumawe MHQ

Semi-uniformed Army personnel driving 3 civilian jeeps have abducted a paperboy. He was taken away in the jeep. He was released in very bad shape a week later

Ibni bin Yusuf, m, 40 yrs

11

12 Oct. 2000

12:20

Krueng Meuriam, Tangse, Pidie

Army of Kodim Sigli

Driving on a motorbike southbound to Tangse, the victims were wrongfully abducted by a group of Army personnel and detained at Sigli Kodim MHQ. The motorbike was confiscated and now used by the army

1. Muzakkir, m, 27 yrs
2. M. Amin, m, 25 yrs

12

12 Oct. 2000

16:00

Ronga-ronga, Central Acheh

NO Army Bat. 133 posted at Takengon MHQ

Due to sweep operation by the Army who intimidated and terrorized peoples with interrogation, star shooting, and rifle butts swinging, villagers from Timang Gajah, Ronkas, and Ronga-ronga villages have escaped their homes for their safety. They are now IDPs at Ronga-Ronga Mosque.

2500 IDPs

13

12 Oct. 2000

17:00-24:00

Ulee Glee, Pidie

NO Brimob posted at Ulee Glee SPHQ

On a sweep mission, the Brimob, while shooting into the air, ordered people at Ulee Glee market place to lay down on the streets with their hands behind their heads. While some personnel guarding the peoples, the others went rampaging and looting stores and burnt them. The peoples, when they were finally allowed to stand up, were not permitted to extinguish the fire. In the shooting spree, the Brimobs have shot dead two civilians and damaged several minibuses.

The police chief rebuffed the accusation and said that his men did the cruelty and torching because GAM had attack them. His blame of GAM involvement was later rejected by the witnesses (victims)

1. Tgk. Sayamaun, m, 52 yrs, dead. His corpse was taken away by Brimob
2. Budiman (a deranged people), m, 43 yrs, dead
3. 154 shops and 13 mini kiosks

14

14 Oct. 2000

09:30

Suwik, Indrajaya, Pidie

Brimob from Sigli PHQ

A patrolling police unit has illegally arrested two peasants who were harvesting rice in their rice fields. The victims were called by police in a car. When the two approached, they were suddenly grabbed and dragged into the car. The police also forcefully took away a motorbike

1. Tgk. M. Hasbi bin Salam, m, 42
2. Muhammad Daud, m, 50
3. M. Hasan Husein lost his motorbike

15

14 Oct. 2000

14;00

Kp. Blang, Simpang Tiga, Pidie

NO Brimob posted at SPHQ SP. Tiga

Karimuddin, an unarmed AGAM personnel left AGAM HQ for visiting his parents in Kp. Blang village. A platoon of Brimob came to the place and arrested him in a coffeehouse. He was taken away and found dead with 2 bullet holes in his body.

The police chief falsely claimed that this man was shot in a gunfight

Karimuddin, m, 27 yrs, Kp. Blang, Dead

16

14 Oct. 2000

14;00

Kp. Blang, Simpang Tiga, Pidie

NO Brimob posted at SPHQ SP. Tiga

Along with the arrest and murder of AGAM personnel, Karimuddin, 10 more civilians were illegally arrested, tortured and detained at Sigli PHQ.

1. Zulfikar A. Bakar, m, 30 yrs,
2. Abdullah Usman, m, 40 yrs
3. Khailir Muhammad, m, 15
4. Bachtiar Abubakar, m, 40
5. Effendi Nurdin, m, 20 yrs
6. Iskandar AR, m, 22 yrs
7. Amiruddin, m, 30 yrs
8. Muhibuddin, m, 45 yrs
9. Ishak Hanafiah, m, 55 yrs
10. M. Jamil Jacob, m, 25 yrs

17

14 Oct. 2000

14:00

Tiro, Pidie

NO Brimob posted at Tiro SPHQ

A gunfight broke out between 60 marauding Brimob personnel and 7 AGAM personnel. Because the Brimob has sustained heavy losses they went berserk in the aftermath and released their anger on civilians. After they took away many items from stores and houses, they burnt the places. 65 stores in Tiro and 3 houses in Lhok Igeueh village were set ablazed by the Brimob.

1. 65 stores
2. 3 houses

18

15 Oct. 2000

18:30

Bantayan, Bagok, East Acheh

NO Army and Brimob from MHQ and SPHQ Bagok

The joint forces conducted an offensive military mission into the village. Two civilians on a motorbike were shot dead after their eyeballs were extirpated

1. Anwar Ilyas, m, 29 yrs, dead
2. Hambali, m, 31 yrs, dead

The motorbike was confiscated

19

15 Oct. 2000

12:00

Mee Meuaneuk

NO Brimob Polres Sigli

A schoolboy was shot by a Brimob personnel named Irwan

Marwan, m, 18 yrs, hospitalized

20

16 Oct. 2000

04:00-22:00

Laweueng, Pidie

NO Brimob Pidie SPHQs

About 300 personnel of Brimob conducted a Blitzkrieg in the villages of Laweueng. Armed maneuvers, shootings, random arrests and killings of villagers have created new flux of refugees. In the action, at least two innocent civilians were tortured until dead and 5 others were detained at Polres Pidie without any legal reason. One of the dead was a prominent teacher at an Islamic boarding school. He was savagely tortured before finished with gunshot and dumped into a gorge. He was abducted by the Brimob at his house when he was performing dawn prayer. He was dragged while being tortured in the front of his family members along the way to the ravine where his corpse was found. His genital was mutilated.

The Brimob has also robbed Rp 1.101.500,00 from a villager but this man was not hurt or detained

1. Tgk. Syafii Amin, m, 40 yrs, dead
2. Fauzi Affan, m, 30 yrs, dead
3. Zainal Abidin, m, detained
4. Nurdin, m, detained
5. Ishaq Richard, m, detained
6. Muslim, m, detained
7. Abubakar Abdullah, m, detained
8. Affan Puteh, m, robbed
9. Two more people are still missing

21

17 Oct. 2000

16:00

Kp. Aneuh, Birem Bayeuen, East Acheh

NO Brimob Julok SPHQ

Two days after an ambush by the Brimob towards AGAM, which claimed 3 death of AGAM members and one civilian, once again the Brimob launched an assault into the village but this time they kidnapped two innocent civilians who were happening to pass through the place and the Brimob presumed them as GAM members. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown

1. Abubakar Zakaria, m, 27 yrs, from Cot Kala Rantau Selamat
2. Munzir bin Idris, m, 29 yrs, from Cot Kala Rantau Selamat

22

17 Oct. 2000

Panton Labu, North Acheh

NO Brimob Panton Labu SPHQ

A fight broke out between some Brimob personnel and a young man. The man successfully escaped after knock down the Brimobs. The angered Brimobs then opened fire arbitrarily and heavily wounded two merchants

1. Zulkifli, m, 40 yrs
2. Ridwan, m, 38 yrs

23

17 Oct. 2000

12:00

Mns. Nga, Lhok Sukon, North Acheh

NO Brimob Lhok Sukon SPHQ

A group of Brimob personnel entered the village and conducted very damaging search in several houses without any legal papers that caused many houses were broken and they also tortured a housewife and robbed clothes and shoes from the houses

Serached houses:

1. Ms. Maryam Latif’s
2. Ms. In Dahlan’s
3. Mr. Dahlan’s
4. Mr. Rusli Jailani’s

Tortured person:

The wife of Mr. Rusli Jailani

24

17 Oct. 2000

08:30

Ruyueng, Banda Acheh

NO Brimob posted at Lingke HQ

Muchlis Ismail was wrongfully arrested and detained by the Brimob when he passed a road block.

Muchlis Ismail, m, 25 yrs

25

20 Oct. 2000

Cunda, Morth Acheh

NO Brimob’s Gegana special unit posted at Exxon-Mobil’s Gymnasium

Jaffar Ibrahim, a parking man at Cunda parking lot was kidnapped by a group of Brimob’s special unit, Gegana, for unknown reason. His family was not allowed to know his whereabouts

Jaffar Ibrahim, m, 49 yrs, disappeared

26

21 Oct. 2000

10:00

Mns Dayah Tuha, Bayu, North Acheh

NO Brimob from Lhokseumawe HQ

A group of Brimob has illegally abducted a peasant and his fate and whereabouts are unknown

Hamid Richard, m, 45 yrs, disappeared

27

21 Oct. 2000

03:00

Banda Acheh

Intel from Polres

10 personnel of RI intels had kidnapped a restaurant worker and accused him as AGAM’s intel just because he is resident of Cot Keu-eueng village where a gunfight broke out several days ago.

Firdaus Fadhil, m, 27 yrs, disappeared

28

21 Oct. 2000

11:00

Gumpeueng, Mutiara, Pidie

NO Brimob posted at Beureunuen SPHQ

In a sweep operation, the Brimob has shot dead and wounded several innocent civilians. Some of whom were childrens. Two other civilians were also illegally arrested

1. Muchsalmina, m, 5 yrs, dead
2. M. Idris Sulaiman, m, 29 yrs, dead
3. Samsul Bahri (father of Muchsalmina), m, 35 yrs, wounded
4. Warni, f, 15 yrs, wounded
5. Zulkarnain, m, 22 yrs, wounded
6. Sabri, m, detained
7. Adam, m, detained

29

21 Oct. 2000

10:00

Buloh Blang Ara, North Acheh

NO Army at Buloh Blang Ara Post

A rental motorbike driver who was on the way to deliver his passenger was stopped by the army at the post. After taking his id and all of vehicle document they allowed him to go on to deliver the passenger and told him to come back to get back the papers. But when he did it, he was instantly detained and beaten. After a while, he was taken to the back yard and executed with gunshot. His family appealed for his body but was refused. The army has later dumped his body in a gorge

Abd. Kadir Ismail, m, 40 yrs, dead

30

21 Oct. 2000

10:30

Buloh Blang Ara, North Acheh

NO Army at Buloh Blang Ara Post

A short while after the above incident, another villager has come to his bad day at the post. He was tortured in the head and chest and forced to give up his motorbike

M. Nur Yatim, m, 40 yrs, from Buket

31

21 Oct. 2000

12:00

Madan vlg, Samudra, North Acheh

NO Army at Buloh Samudra Post

NO Army at Buloh Samudra Post conducted an intelligence operation into the village. They shot dead a man (a teacher) in a coffee house because the man looked a little panicked when the troops interrogate him. He was sprayed with bullets and died instantly.

Tgk. Daud Jalil, m, 50 yrs, dead

32

21 Oct. 2000

Naleueng vlg, Kuta Binjei, East Acheh

NO Army and Brimob from MHQ and SPHQ Kuta Binjei

The joint forces hit squad conducted a search and destroy mission into the village. Villagers were gathered and interrogated under duress such as rifle butts hits. The people of the village were very scared because the previous tragedy about two weeks ago had claimed the lives of 4 of their villagemates. In the madness, the Indonesian security officer heavily tortured those innocent civilians and destroyed a house.

1. Faisal Yusuf, m, 30 yrs
2. M. Isa Nurdin, m, 25 yrs
3. Abdullah Daud, m 30 yrs
4. Junaidi Rusli, m, 29 yrs
5. Zakaria Ahmad, m, 40 yrs
6. A. rajab Abdullah, m, 24 yrs
7. Rusli Utoh Syam, m, 40 yrs
8. Jamil Amir, m, 27 yrs
9. House of Munir

33

21 Oct. 2000

15:00

Sigli, Pidie

NO Brimob from Sigli SPHQ

A young lady who accompanied mothers from villages that protesting the police for their brutal attitude when conducting bloody raid in Geumpung village on the other day, was intimidated and accused of being AGAM member. She was so scared when the NO police threatened to arrest and rape her, that then she managed to escape but pursued by the police. She hopelessly ran away and hid in a store where she was immediately arrested and taken to the Polres HQ where she was reportedly abused sexually.

Zuhra Mahmud, f, 22 yrs, detained and sexually abused

34

22 Oct. 2000

Blang Nibong, Tanah Pasir, North Acheh

NO Army/Brimob from MHQ/SPHQ Tanah Pasir

Riding on robbed bikes, 60 NO Indonesian security officers went on ‘fishing spree’ in shrimp pools belonged to local peoples where they usually ‘harvested’ the shrimp. An unfortunate pool owner was there when the fishing madness occurred. His pond had no more shrimp in it for it had been harvested. The officers threatened the man to give up Rp 60 millions otherwise meant death. He was only able to give Rp 30 millions to save his life. 

Tgk. Mahmud, m, 52 yrs, Rp 30 millions loss

35

22 Oct. 2000

23:00

Ulee Tanoh, Tanah Pasir, North Acheh

NO Brimob SPHQ Lhoksukon

Three young men, on one motorbike, who had just spent their leisure Saturday night were arrested by the Brimob. Their dead bodies were found in the morning. Victims:

1. Mawardi Jamil, m, 16 yrs, from Mns. Hung vlg
2. Iskandar Hassan, m, 20, from Mns. Jok Batee Dua
3. Irama Hafsul Hajad Zainal, m, 22 yrs, from Ulee Tanoh vlg

36

22 Oct. 2000

Laweueng, Pidie

NO Brimob Pidie SPHQs

Two more dead bodies of victims of 16 Oct. 2000 incident were recovered in Guha Tujoh (the Seven Caves). Their hands and legs were mutilated. One corpse had two bullet holes in his skull and the other had one hole in the chest and one in the head. The corpse were wrapped in plastic sheets and burned.

Names not available