Final Resistance of a `Scapegoat'

Former East Timor governor Abilio Soares finally goes to jail but is seeking international legal assistance.

July 20, 2004

The former East Timor governor at last threw in the towel. Failing to respond to the prosecutor's summons last Friday, Abilio Jose Osorio Soares then chose to pack up and fly to Jakarta the next day. "I'm ready to be sent to prison," the man with a penchant for tattoos said. By nightfall last Saturday, he arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport and was directly taken to the Cipinang prison.

With police that Friday set to deliver Abili

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