---------------------------------------------------------- FREE Subscribe/UNsubscribe Indonesia Daily News Online 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 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Antara, January 24, 2000 MILY OBSERVER : "DON'T MAKE RI SCAPE GOAT FOR UNREST IN E TIMOR" Jakarta, Jan 24 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian military observer on Monday warned political elitists in East Timor not to constantly put blame on Indonesia for any social-economy problems arising in the territory after the UN-administered ballot. "Australia and the United Nations have made overwhelmed bay a host of problems in East Timor and the local political elitists always put the blame on Indonesia," Salim Said told ANTARA. "East Timor was the world's most backward and long-standing colony. Hence, if Indonesia is considered wrong, the mistake is simply because Indonesia had integrated East Timor into its territory," he said. He was commenting on the attitude of East Timorese political elitists, Portugal and Australia that tended to make Indonesia a scapegoat for unrest with social-economy undertones that have been escalating in East Timor, which seceded from the Republic of Indonesia last October. Reports carried by the Western media said socio-economy unrest was becoming daily occurrences of the streets of East Timor's Baukau, Los Palos and Dili after the International Force for East Timor (Interfet) and the United Nations Transitional (UNTAET) took over the responsibility for East Timor's security. Late last Wednesday (Jan 19) afternoon Kenyan Interfet troops fired shots into the air in an attempt to break up hundreds of people throwing stones at each other in a neighbourhood clash, Australian Broadcasting Corporation said. The origin of the dispute are confused, ranging from allegations that the Falintil guerillas were inciting the violence to suggestions that former militia members may have been in the crowd. East Timor leader Xanana Gusmao and Falintil's deputy commander Taur Matan Ruak were forced to attend the scene to calm the mob. Said made it clear that the East Timor's integration into Indonesia in 1975 was particularly motivated by the interests of Western countries led by the United States, and a handful of local figures who looked forward to integration, thus making a bloodshed inevitable at that time. "The comments are an exaggeration. They do want to see the fact and history. East Timor's integration into Indonesia had brought about significant changes. How many senior high school buildings and public utilities were build by the Indonesian government there?" he said. But not all the economic development activities carried out by Indonesia had changed East Timorese people's stand on Indonesia, he said. Meanwhile, the Portuguese news agency LUSA reported Xanana Gusmao, reacting to the sacking that the "violent character" of many Timorese youth must be change rapidly. (T.P-9/EU-07/NN01/15:44/P-9/15:52/nn02/TB05) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 27 Jan 2000 jam 05:28:06 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
