Leader of ex-rebel group in Aceh dies at 84

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Teungku Muhammad Hasan di Tiro (file photo taken in January, 2003), the founder of a former rebel group that fought for almost three decades for independence of the once-restive Indonesian province of Aceh, died on June 3 from complications of various illnesses. He was 84. Tiro, a descendent of the last sultan of Aceh and a grandson of Indonesian independence hero Teuku Cik di Tiro, established the now-dissolved Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, on Dec. 4, 1976, to fight for Aceh's independence.