Erick Wotulo, a Menadonese is a retired general of the Indonesian Marine Corps. He was once at he authority of Batam Island
--- manneke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kok belum pernah denger ada jendral namanya Erick > Wotulo? Adakah yang tau siapa ini? > > manneke > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Date: Sat Feb 24 12:19:46 PST 2007 > > From: "Sunny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [mediacare] FORMER INDONESIAN MILITARY > GENERAL ERICK WOTULO PLEADS GUILTY IN THE TAMIL > TIGER ARMS SUPPLY CASE > > To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;@unspecified-domain > > > > http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items07/250207-3.html > > > > FORMER INDONESIAN MILITARY GENERAL ERICK WOTULO > PLEADS GUILTY IN THE TAMIL TIGER ARMS SUPPLY CASE > > By Walter Jayawardhana > > A former Indonesian military General , Erick > Wotulo (59) pleaded guilty in the United States > Federal court in Baltimore to the charges of money > laundering and conspiring to supply sophisticated > arms to the proscribed Sri Lankan terrorist group, > the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). > > > > Wotulo faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in > prison for conspiracy to provide material support to > a terrorist group and a maximum sentence of 20 years > in prison for money laundering. U.S. District Judge > Catherine C. Blake scheduled sentencing for May 25. > > > > In this case it was alleged Wotulo and other were > conspiring to supply the Sri Lankan terrorist group, > the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam also known as > the Tamil Tigers with the state of the art firearms, > machine guns and ammunition , surface to air > missiles, and night vision goggles to fight the Sri > Lankan government. > > > > The alleged conspirators in this case were dealing > with a fictitious company set up by the FBI in > Maryland about the purchasing of military weapons . > Wotulo helped acquire and arranged the proposed > delivery to the Tamil Tigers. Wotulo was ensnared in > Guam when he went there to transact the business and > meet other conspirators and FBI agents posing as > arms dealers. He was accused of paying hundreds of > thousand dollars of LTTE money to ship high tech > weapons restricted by law to the Sri Lankan rebels > and Indonesian army. > > > > In a an elaborate sting operation Federal > undercover agents put up a Singapore Arms broker in > an inner harbor hotel in Baltimore and took him to a > camouflaged Police shooting range in the nearby > Harford Country to test fire the weapons he was > planning to buy . > > > > The 59 year old retired Indonesian General pleaded > guilty to the charges of conspiracy to provide > material support to a designated foreign terrorist > organization and money laundering. > > Before this two other Indonesians accused in the > case have pleaded guilty. > > > > The Acting special agent in charge of the > Baltimore office of the Immigration and Custom > Enforcement James Denkins said, "This case > demonstrates the real threat posed by international > arms trafficking and money laundering. Criminals or > terrorists can wire funds anywhere in the world in > an effort to further their illegal activity, often > with no questions asked." > > > > According to the plea agreement revealed in the > courts Wotulo conspired with the others beginning in > April last year to supply the weapons to the Tamil > Tigers in Sri Lanka to seek a separate state there. > > > > The prosecutors in the case said that Wotulo > helped his associates, to acquire military > technology for the Tamil Tigers requesting prices, > negotiating purchases and providing details of ocean > routes for the transfer of the arms to the Tamil > group in Sri Lanka. > > > > According to the prosecution he also contacted the > undercover business in Maryland on June 5 last year > and said he and his colleagues wanted to buy > weapons. Wotulo said that the Chief of the Tamil > Tigers requested that he and another co-defendant > travel to Baltimore to arrange weapons purchases. > > > > On September 29 Wotulo arrived in Guam to meet > everybody to discuss the shipboard loading of the > arms and the munitions destined for the Tamil > Tigers. It was in Guam where he and the five others > were arrested by US agents. > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
