INDONESIA: INDONESIAN POLICE BEGIN SECURING THE UNITED NATIONS VOTE COUNTING CENTRE AS POLLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SEND IN SEALED BALLOT BOXES

Record ID: 336894

  • Title: INDONESIA: INDONESIAN POLICE BEGIN SECURING THE UNITED NATIONS VOTE COUNTING CENTRE AS POLLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SEND IN SEALED BALLOT BOXES
  • Date: 30th August 1999
  • Summary: DILI, EAST TIMOR (AUGUST 30, 1999) (RTN) 1. SLV EXTERIOR OF POLLING STATION 0.04 2. SV/CU BOXES BEING SEALED AT POLLING STATION IN DILLI (3 SHOTS) 0.28 3. MCU WOMAN ON WALKIE-TALKIE 0.30 4. SV OFFICIAL PUTTING BOX INTO VAN 0.42 5. SLV OF BAIRO-CENTRAL POLLING STATION - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TIMOR CONVERTED INTO MAIN COUNTING STATION
  • Embargoed: 14th September 1999 13:00
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  • Location: DILI, EAST TIMOR
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVAA4178UEVT0M2J05I5VAQNEM6K
  • Story Text: Indonesian police have begun securing the United
    Nations vote counting centre in Dili as polls across the
    country began sending in sealed ballot boxes.

    Indonesian police have begun securing the United
    Nations vote counting centre in Dili as polls across the
    country began sending in sealed ballot boxes.

    East Timorese flocked to polling booths on Monday (August
    30) for a U.N-organised ballot widely expected to lead the
    impoverished territory to independence after 23 years of often
    brutal Indonesian rule.

    The voting was remarkable for its almost complete absence
    of the violence which has plagued the former Portuguese colony
    for months as pro-Jakarta militias embarked on a wave of
    terror to cow those who wanted independence.

    The result of the vote -- in which East Timorese have been
    allowed to choose their own future after 24 years of rule by
    Indonesia, is expected within the week.

    The vote is a choice between independence or autonomy
    within Indonesia, but most observers say the result is likely
    to overwhelmingly support independence.

    The ballot result must be ratified by Indonesia's top
    legislative body, the People's Consultative Assembly, which is
    due to convene in October.


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