UNITED NATIONS/INDONESIA: LEADING EAST TIMOR ACTIVIST JOSE RAMOS-HORTA NAMES FOUR INDONESIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMING INDONESIAN MILITIAS

Record ID: 990528

  • Title: UNITED NATIONS/INDONESIA: LEADING EAST TIMOR ACTIVIST JOSE RAMOS-HORTA NAMES FOUR INDONESIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMING INDONESIAN MILITIAS
  • Date: 6th August 1999
  • Summary: UNITED NATIONS (AUGUST 5, 1999) (RTV) 1. PAN/SLV EXTERIOR UNITED NATIONS/FLAGS (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. SLV PRESS CONFERENCE BEING HELD BY JOSE RAMOS-HORTA 0.15 3. MCU (English) RAMOS-HORTA SAYING "We tried to look for international legal remedies that might send a clear signal to the Indonesian side that if they persist with this behaviour some of them will end up with the same fate as Augusto Pinochet. There are the following elements that we are targetting, the Indonesian military commander in Dili, Colonel Tono Suvatman. The army chief of intelligence, Zacky Anwar. General Damiri, regional commander in Bali that oversees East Timor, his deputy General Simbolon - these four are the ones most directly responsible for the killings in East Timor and for the arming of militias" 1.16 DILLI, EAST TIMOR (FILE) (RTV) 4. SLV CROWDS RUNNING AWAY FROM INDONESIAN MILITARY (AUDIO GUNFIRE) (3 SHOTS) 1.37 5. SV INJURED MAN BEING TAKEN AWAY 1.44 6. SLV/SV DEAD MAN ON THE STREET (2 SHOTS) 1.53 UNITED NATIONS (AUGUST 5, 1999) (RTV) 7. CU OF CAMERA PAN TO JOURNALISTS AT RAMOS-HORTA PRESS CONFERENCE 2.01 8. MCU (English) RAMOS-HORTA SAYING "This period between now and August 30 is the most dangerous and crucial. It is important that clear signals are sent to the Indonesian military so that they honour the agreement. I'm optimistic because those that don't want the agreement to succeed, the process in East Timor to go peacefully, are becoming increasingly isolated." 2.25 9. SLV/CU JOURNALISTS TAKING NOTES (2 SHOTS) 2.37 10. MCU (English) RAMOS-HORTA SAYING "And let me tell you what is our preference, the preference of the Timorese resistance, that the Secretary General takes full responsibility and control of the territory. We want the East Timor transition to be a full United Nations-run transition." 11. JOURNALISTS LISTENING TO RAMOS-HORTA 2.58 11. SV/SLV PRESS CONFERENCE (2 SHOTS) 3.12 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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