---------------------------------------------------------- Visit Indonesia Daily News Online HomePage: http://www.indo-news.com/ Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- note: around the same time as report below, ABC said that Gusmao had been taken back to prison after being forbidden to meet the press assembled at the house in Jakarta where he has been confined. He did issue a statement through one of his relatives hailing the rejection of autonomy, warning of genocide and calling for international peacekeeping force. It is not clear at this time whether he's being readied for release or is being punished for his comments. 09/04/1999 03:22:00 ET Timor's Gusmao may be free ahead of plan-Indonesia JAKARTA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Saturday it might speed up the release of jailed East Timor resistance leader Xanana Gusmao because the result of this week's independence ballot in the former Portuguese colony was released quicker than expected. "Because now the announcement is more quickly than expected, maybe he will also be freed faster," Foreign Minister Ali Alatas told reporters. Jakarta had previously said it would release Gusmao around September 15. -end- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 4 Sep 1999 jam 09:52:29 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
