MERCENARIES' HAD ROLE IN IRIAN JAYA Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/14/1999 - 00:00 By Peter Cronau SYDNEY, Australia (July 13, 1999 - Bushfire Media/Pasifik Nius/Niuswire)---The former CEO of the South African mercenary group, Executive Outcomes, has revealed that his company provided training and operational advice to the Indonesian special forces in an operation to rescue hostages held in West Papua (Irian Jaya) in 1996. Nick van den Bergh informed the writer that he led a team of five 'military advisers' who traveled to Indonesia to provide training in "special techniques" to KOPASSUS special forces troops led by now-disgraced Major-General Prabowo Subianto.