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Documents on East Timor from PeaceNet and Connected Computer Networks Volume 25: October 1 - December 12, 1993 Published by: East Timor Action Network / U.S. P.O. Box 1182, White Plains, NY 10602 USA Tel: 914-428-7299 Fax: 914-428-7383 E-mail PeaceNet:CSCHEINER or [email protected] For additional copies, please enclose US$10. per volume to cover costs; add an extra $3. for interna- tional air mail. Activist rate: $6. domestic, $8. international. These documents are usually produced approximately every two months, and mailed to subscribers. If you would like to subscribe, send $60 for the next six issues (US), or $78 for international air mail. Reduced rate for activists: $36 in the US, $48 international. Subsidized rate are available for groups in Third World countries working on East Timor. Checks should be made out to “ETAN.” Tax- deductible contributions can be made out to “WESPAC Foundation/ETAN.” The material is grouped by subject, with articles under each category in approximately chronological order. It is also available on IBM-compatible diskette, in either Word for Windows or ASCII format. Reprinting and distribution without permission is welcomed. Much of this information is translated and supplied by TAPOL (London), Task Force Indonesia (USA), CDPM (Lisbon), CNRM, Free East Timor Japan Coalition, Mate-Bian News (Sydney) and other activists and solidarity groups, but they are not responsible for edi torial comment or selection. TABLE OF CONTENTS XANANA REMAINS IN PRISON .................................................................................................................... 6 INDONESIA TRANSFERS XANANA TO JAKARTA .............................................................................................6 EAST TIMOR’S RESISTANCE LEADER MOVED TO JAKARTA........................................................................6 POSTCARDS TO XANANA CAMPAIGN .............................................................................................................6 XANANA SPEAKS OF HIS HUNGER STRIKE....................................................................................................6 XANANA GUSMÃO - ONE YEAR IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY....................................................................7 CNRM CALLS FOR XANANA RELEASE TO APEC .............................................................................................8 INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS CONDEMN XANANA’S TRIAL...............................................................................8 REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JOSÉ ALEXANDRE GUSMÃO IN DILI, EAST TIMOR, IN 1993.............................8 REPORT ON XANANA’S CONDITION ............................................................................................................12 EVENTS INSIDE EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................... 12 SWEDISH MPS VISIT EAST TIMOR ..............................................................................................................12 EAST TIMORESE SENTENCED FOR NOTE DEMANDING GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION.............................13 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN EAST TIMOR ......................................................................................13 KONIS SANTANA WANTS TALKS WITH INDONESIA......................................................................................14 MILITARY SAYS ONLY ABOUT 100 GUERRILLAS REMAIN IN EAST TIMOR.....................................................14 SCHOLARSHIPS ENDED, EAST TIMORESE STUDEN TS UPSET .....................................................................14 RENETIL APPEALS FOR SOLIDARITY .......................................................................................................14 INDONESIAN TROOPS BEING WITHDRAWN FROM EAST TIMOR?................................................................15 GUERRILLAS KILL SIX VILLAGERS, MILITARY SAYS.....................................................................................15 TIMORESE GUERRILLAS HUNTED ...........................................................................................................15 Page 2 East Timor Documents, Volume 25. October 1 - December 12, 1993. KOSTRAD TROOPS TO TIMOR.....................................................................................................................16 GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS CONTINUE THEIR HUNT FOR REBELS................................................................16 TROOPS LEAVING FOR EAST TIMOR ...........................................................................................................16 TWO KOSTRAD BATTALIONS DEPART EAST TIMOR .....................................................................................16 INDONESIAN TROOP REDUCTION IN EAST TIMOR......................................................................................17 EAST TIMORESE GUERRILLA KILLED IN ARMED CLASHES ..........................................................................17 EAST TIMORESE BEING TRIED FOR RIPPING INDONESIAN FLAG ...............................................................18 PERTAMINA TO CONDUCT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN EAST TIMOR...............................................................18 SECURITY TIGHTER IN TIMOR.....................................................................................................................18 MILITARY COMMANDER WARNS STUDENTS OVER DEMONSTRATIONS..................................................18 28 MILITARY ATTACHÉS VISIT EAST TIMOR.................................................................................................19 SOME ATTACHÉS DUBIOUS.....................................................................................................................19 EC MILITARY ATTACHÉS DID NOT VISIT TIMOR......................................................................................19 WHO KILLED PEOPLE IN OSOALA? ..............................................................................................................19 TIMOR TROOPS NUMBER CUT ....................................................................................................................20 INDONESIA PLANS TO WITHDRAW MORE TROOPS FROM EAST TIMOR..................................................20 INFANT MALNOURISHMENT IN TIMOR ........................................................................................................20 EAST TIMOR GOVERNOR RULES OUT REFERENDUM ON AUTONOMY..........................................................20 TIMOR CHIEF OPPOSES POLL ON SELF-RULE.........................................................................................20 MILITARY PREPARES FOR PROTESTS ON ANNIVERSARY OF EAST TIMOR MASSACRE.................................21 JAKARTA STILL PAYING FOR DILI KILLINGS................................................................................................21 ARMY UNABLE TO END TIMOR’S RESISTANCE.............................................................................................21 TWO EAST TIMOR REBELS SURRENDER TO OFFICIALS................................................................................22 BIBILEU: GENOCIDE ON A MASSIVE SCALE.................................................................................................22 EVENTS IN INDONESIA.............................................................................................................................. 24 MARIO CARRASCALÃO TO RUMANIA............................................................................................................24 EAST TIMOR HERO SOUGHT........................................................................................................................25 ANC HAILS PLAN TO OPEN INDONESIAN CONSULATE IN SOUTH AFRICA...................................................25 AUSTRALIAN & INDONESIAN AIR FORCES EXERCISE AT MEDAN ................................................................25 WHAT DO INDONESIAN PEOPLE THINK OF EAST TIMOR?...........................................................................25 MUSLIMS IN JAKARTA OPPOSED MASSACRES.............................................................................................26 INDONESIA PROTESTS PORTUGAL’S ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES........................................26 WHITHER INDONESIAN POLITICS? .............................................................................................................26 THE TIMORESE EXTERNAL RESISTANCE ................................................................................................. 27 THE PEOPLE OF EAST TIMOR AWARDED THE 1993 RAFTO HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE ......................................27 CNRM REP RECEIVES HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD ......................................................................................28 LEADERS AND THE PUPPET LEADERS OF EAST TIMORESE?.........................................................................32 THE MASSACRE OF SANTA CRUZ AND THE NEW FACE OF SOLIDARITY .......................................................33 RAMOS-HORTA STATEMENT IN BANGKOK...................................................................................................34 REBEL LEADER CLAIMS 150 EAST TIMORESE KILLED .................................................................................35 ALKATIRI CLAIMS DISMISSED BY SYAFEI ...............................................................................................35 CNRM FUNDING APPEAL .............................................................................................................................35