---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, October 11, 1999 Intrusion: Parliament Suggests Strong Protest Against Interfet Jakarta, Oct 11 (ANTARA)- Parliament members here Monday urges the government to convey strong protests to the United Nations on the Sunday's intrusion committed by the UN-mandated International Force for East Timor (Interfet) to apolice border post in Indonesian West Timor, which killed a police officer and wounded four others. They also called on the Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) not to hesitate to open fire on any Interfet troops entering Indonesia's territory, no matter what the reasons are nor in a bid to chace pro-integration guerrilas. "We stronghly protest the intrusion because it (the Interfet) has violated its duty and authorization mandated by the United Nations. Therefore, we urge the government to officially convey protest to the UN and Interfet as well," Slamet Effendy Yusuf, chairman of the Golkar party, told journalists on the sidelines of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)'s general session. Nothing that the sunday incident was not the first violation committed by the Australian-led Interfet personnel, Yusuf said that the force's soldiers made the intrusion on purpose, meaning that they did not respect Indonesia's sovereignity by passing the borderline. "They cannot enter our border without permission even under the reason that they were chasing miliamen. They must know that there is a border, they cannot act just like that. Are we allowed to chase any Australians in Melbourne"? Yusuf said. Sharinga similiar opinion with Yusuf, chairwoman of the United development Party (PPP), Aisyah Amidi, said that Interfet was pretending to be naive by saying that they crossed the border accidentally. Amini said that Interfet, including Australian troops, are a propessional military, and that there was no excuse for them to say that the intrusion was only an accident. "As professional military personnel, they must have known the exact destination to run their heavy-armor operations. It is impossible for them to say that they were not aware of the location. It's very naive. They did it (intrusion) on purpose," she said. Amini added that the Indonesian government should urge the United Nations to pull-out the multinational force, especially the Australian troops, from East Timor due to their weak professionalism. "There is nothing else to do expect pull them (Interfet) out from East Timor," she said. Chairman of Megawati-led Indonesian Democartic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Sabam Sirait, meanwhile, said that protest against the Interfet Sunday raid was not enough. He said that TNI should not hesitate to take actions against foreign forces entering Indonesian territory illegally. "It (what Interfet has done) is too much. If they cross the border of Indonesian territory, just shoot them," he said. (T.NN07/INT-TA/nn02/TB02) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 15 Oct 1999 jam 10:29:37 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
