TIMOR TODAY 19 OCTOBER 2000
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NEWS
1) Habibie behind the violence, militia say 19/10/00 (The Age) KUPANG - Militia leaders in West Timor say they are ready
to release evidence implicating former Indonesian President B.J.Habibie and top generals in the destruction of East
Timor, in return for political asylum.
2) Militia Leaders Offer Evidence, Ask For Protection 19/10/00 (Lusa) DILI - Four of the most important leaders of the
East Timorese pro- Indonesia militias have written to 35 international figures, among them UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan and Pope John Paul II, offering to provide evidence of crimes committed in East Timor in exchange for guarantees
of their own personal safety.
3) Indonesia ``naive'' to say West Timor safe-UNHCR 19/10/00 (Reuters) JAKARTA - The United Nations on Wednesday
rejected Indonesian claims that it was safe for aid workers to return to West Timor, saying militia gangs were still
active and holding East Timorese refugees hostage.
4) General denies intimidating prointegration militias 19/10/00 (Jakarta Post) JAKARTA - Udayana Military Commander Maj.
Gen. Kiki Syahnakri denied on Wednesday accounts which claimed he had intimidated members of the prointegration groups
as reported to the United Nations Security Council, Antara reported.
5) $4.8M In Indonesian Aid Approved 19/10/00 (AP) International donors approved $4.8 billion for Indonesia to help cover
its budget shortfall Wednesday, while seeking more action on economic reforms and on disbanding pro-Jakarta gangs that
have terrorized refugees in West Timor.
6) Malaysia backs Indonesia on its West Timor stance 19/10/00 (Indonesia Observer) LANGKAWI - Malaysia Tuesday expressed
support for Indonesia’s efforts to solve security problems in West Timor by itself and said the United Nations must
recognize Jakarta’s rights.
7) East Timor: 80 Percent of Schools With Infrastructure Problems 19/10/00 (Lusa) DILI - More than 80 percent of East
Timorese schools are functioning without proper infrustructures, most of them with neither furniture nor other equipment
two weeks after the academic year began in this half-island territory
8) Slain soldier's comrades to make memorial visit 19/10/00 (NZ Herald) Private Leonard Manning, killed in East Timor in
July, will be remembered next month when his entire unit visits the Waikato to pay its respects to their comrade.
9) East Timor's tiny Paralympic team gets warm welcome in Sydney 19/10/00 (AP) SYDNEY - When senior constable Barry
Parrish inspected the luggage of East Timor's tiny delegation to the Paralympics, he was surprised by what he saw. There
was little more than some old clothes.
10) Ex-Indonesian Military Chief to Sing for Charity 19/10/00 (Reuters) JAKARTA - Former Indonesian military chief
Wiranto, linked to mass violence in East Timor last year, plans to record a pop album and give proceeds to the victims
of bloodshed in his troubled country.
REPORTS
11) Consultative Group Meeting on Indonesia Tokyo, October 17-18, 2000
12) UNTAET Daily Briefing, 18 October 2000 The Cabinet of the Transitional Government today endorsed a proposal relating
to an East Timor National Standard for Organic Products, which will preserve the international recognition of East
Timorese coffee as organic
13) UNTAET Daily Briefing, 17 October 2000 Sergio Vieira de Mello will visit Australia and New Zealand 22-27 October
PRESS RELEASES
14) CDPM Press Release on Consultative Group on Indonesia 18/10/00 (CDPM) LISBON - The next meeting of the Consultative
Group on Indonesia (CGI), an international donors' conference organised by the World Bank, is scheduled to take place in
Tokyo on 17 and 18 October 2000.
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