The Risk of East Timor is Relocated to Jakarta

The trial case regarding the attack on the UNHCR office in Atambua has been transferred to Jakarta. Are the reasons based on security or politics?

December 4, 2000

Although East Timor is no longer an Indonesian province, it remains problematic for Indonesia. To add to those problems, the trial of the case concerning the attack on the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Atambua, East Nusatenggara, has recently been transferred to Jakarta. The September 6 incident resulted in the gruesome deaths of three volunteer workers.

Last Tuesday November 27, six suspects—Julius Naisam

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