The widow of one of the Balibo Five killed in East Timor says she is offended Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is visiting an Indonesian cemetery for war heroes.
Mr Rudd is to lay a wreath later on Friday at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, the resting place of Indonesian military veterans and other prominent people.
Shirley Shackleton's late husband Greg was one of five journalists and cameramen killed by Indonesian troops in East Timor in 1975.
An Australian coronial inquest last year found the Australian-based newsmen were deliberately killed to prevent them reporting on Indonesia's invasion of East Timor.
Among those buried at the Kalibata cemetery is Leonardus Benyamin "Benny" Murdani, who led the 1975 invasion and according to human rights activists, was also responsible for some of the worst atrocities during the rule of former president Soeharto.
Mrs Shackleton said hard questions needed to be asked of Mr Rudd and his advisers about the decision to visit Kalibata.
"I'm very disturbed by this," Mrs Shackleton said. "I believe questions should be asked not only of Mr Rudd, but also of his advisers, what is he thinking of?"
Mrs Shackleton said she had taken the visit to Kalibata by Mr Rudd personally.
"I take it personally, because while he is busy honouring Indonesian soldiers he's obviously not going to honour the Balibo Five, who were murdered by Indonesian soldiers."
"Mr Rudd is up there waltzing around in the cemetery, in the wrong cemetery, laying a wreath," despite the fact a coronial inquiry found her husband and four others were killed in cold blood, Mrs Shackleton said.
She said it "would mean everything" to her if Mr Rudd visited the journalists' grave in Kebayoran Lama cemetery in Jakarta.
"I think it would be wonderful," she said, adding that she would also like to see the remains repatriated. "They must be repatriated. We cannot have them left up there, it isn't right."
Mrs Shackleton said before he left to cover the invasion of East Timor, her late husband asked her to do everything she could to bring him home if he was captured and imprisoned, as he suffered from bad asthma and could die without medication.
"The last thing he said to me before he left was, 'don't leave me there Shirl'," she said. "He said, 'do anything, get me out, sell the house'. 'Get me out if I'm in a prison'. Well, he's in a prison in Indonesia in a graveyard and Mr Rudd isn't even bothering to visit by the sounds of things."
Federal police are considering whether anyone can be prosecuted over the death of the Balibo Five. It follows a referral from the federal attorney-general's department after NSW deputy coroner Dorelle Pinch recommended those responsible be prosecuted. She also recommended urgent action to have the remains of the five repatriated for burial.
The coalition and Labor committed before last year's election to the repatriation of the bodies.