---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ++ Pemilu Online: http://www.indo-news.com/pemilu/ ++ ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, July 6 1999 E Timor : RI REGRETS ATTACK ON HUMANITARIAN CONVOY AT LIQUICA Jakarta, July 05 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government here Monday expressed regret about the reported attack a humanitarian convoy Sunday by a pro-integration militia group at Liquica, some 40 kilometers west of the East Timor provincial capital of Dili. "I really regret that there has been another incident, but I would call on all parties there to restrain themselves and maintaining security so that similar things don't happen again," Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with a House Representatives' commission, Alatas however admitted he had yet to receive a full report on Sunday's incident. Press reports said member of the pro-Jakarta Besi Merah Putih (BMP) militia group attacked the humanitarian convoy as it was leaving the town of Liquica. The Dili-based Human Rights and Justice Foundation was quoted by Jakarta Post daily as saying that some workers were injured in the raid. A spokesman for the UN Assesment Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) was reported as saying in reaction to the incident that the mission would pull out all of its personnel from Liquica. Meanwhile, The Indonesian government Monday indicated it was still unprepared to release jailed East Timor anti-integration leader Xanana Gusmao. Justice Minister Muladi said Gusmao was being kept under house arrest in an ordinary house near the Cipinang State Penitentiary in central Jakarta "for the sake of his own security." "For the sake of his own security, Gusmao is still under house arrest," he said. But the minister added his ministry was ready to assign some of its officers to escort Gusmao wherever he needed to go to take part in on-going efforts to settle the East Timor question. On Sunday, Foreign Minister Alatas admitted to the press that Gusmao was "part of the solution" in the East Timor issue so that he would eventually have to be set free. But the Indonesian government was still waiting for the appropriate time. Alatas made the statement after a meeting at his office with five leaders of the National Council for Resistance in East Timor (CNRT), including Xanana and 1996 Nobel laureate Jose Ramos Horta. But Jakarta apparently remains committed to its once-stated plan to free the CNRT leader only after the UN-administered direct ballot on autonomy in East Timor some time next August. (T.PTU06/NN03/19:33/INTAJM20:41/NN01/21:46) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 8 Jul 1999 jam 11:12:36 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
