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...companies facing similar court cases, a potential minefield for multinationals that do business in unsavory nations. Other targets include Fresh Del Monte Produce, which is being sued by Guatemalan laborers who say the firm hired goons who kidnapped and tortured union organizers, and ExxonMobil, which faces claims by Indonesian villagers that the oil company is liable for the brutality of local security forces. "We want to establish that multinationals, which are among the biggest players in the global economy, are bound by the rule of law," says Terry Collingsworth, executive director of the International Labor Rights Fund, which is backing...
...That emerging ?lite is Task Force 88, an Indonesian crack police unit created by the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Security Service as part of its program to develop local antiterrorism specialists in countries allied with Washington in the war on terror. More than $12 million has been spent by the U.S. to build a top-notch training school in Megamendung, some 50 kilometers south of Jakarta, where an academy belonging to the national police once stood. The four-hectare site features a "shoot house" for simulated hostage-taking situations, a breaching area to practice setting door charges...
...Giving Indonesian cops more firepower is controversial because the police were once an integral part of the military, and parts of the force were notorious for being heavy-handed. Brimob, for example, has been accused by human-rights groups of committing abuses in recent years in provinces such as Aceh and Papua, where the authorities are battling separatist rebels. In an attempt to restore their responsibility for internal security, the police were hived off from the military three years ago, a move Washington supported. By providing advanced weapons and training, however, the U.S. is sparking concern that the police might...
...police force, especially one that has had human-rights problems in the past, like Indonesia," admits U.S. ambassador Ralph Boyce. But, he says, "I believe security forces that have the benefit of training like this are going to behave better than ones that don't." Boyce adds that all Indonesian trainees are vetted to ensure none have been accused of rights violations, and that the Brimob recruits will not return to their former unit. Meanwhile, Task Force 88 has already chalked up some successes. Graduates of the first two classes were deployed to the scene of August's JW Marriott...
...Cultural Extravaganza was put on by the Asian American Association, in cooperation with the Chinese Students Association, Indonesian Students Association, Japan Society, Korean Association, South Asian Association, Taiwanese Cultural Society and Vietnamese Association...