Indonesia Says UN East Timor Inquiry Unnecessary

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins
Jakarta

<snip> Indonesia says the separate U.N. review into the violence in East Timor in 1999 that was announced Friday is unnecessary and redundant.

The United Nations says its inquiry will examine whether justice was carried out after the East Timor violence and hopes it will complement the Indonesia-East Timor Commission on Truth and Friendship. <snip>

Indonesian militias, many backed by elements in the military, went on a rampage in 1999 as East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia's often brutal 24-year rule.

More than 1,000 people were killed, tens of thousands were forced into refugee camps across the border in Indonesian West Timor, and large swathes of the country were destroyed. <snip>

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-19-voa10.cfm

[Igel]

1. That's just too funny.

Yes, I have a sometimes (?) sick sense of humor, but the idea of anybody taking seriously Indonesian's assertation that there's nothing to see and we should just move on ...

Although actually E. Timor is another good example of how elections can occur while there's fairly massive violence.