---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: UNIF Press Release + Violations on August 30 ballot in ET (Part 1 of 2) UNITED FRONT FOR EAST TIMOR AUTONOMY - U N I F ---------------------------------------------- Date, 1 September 1999 Updated 15:00 PRESS RELEASE - The International Conspiracy To Block And Defeat The Integration Stream - Most of the pro-integration supporters have come to the conclusion that UNAMET is really encouraging and backing the people of East Timor to break East Timor away from Indonesia. This can be seen in the way how some UNAMET personnel act and perform their duties and how some of them interfere and involve too far in the process of the ballot. Specifically those from Australia and Portugal. The sources of the United Front for East Timor Autonomy (UNIF) has recorded thousands of irregularities and misbehaviours of UNAMET personnel where in many areas aroud East Timor, UNAMET personnel, assist the pro-independence activists to campaign the rejection of the Autonomy Package by facilitating the distribution of CNRT leaflets, stickers and other materials. The above mentioned list of irregularities and misbehaviours are not he only ones that have been pointed out by UNIF for thousands of times, now, during the ballot day, UNIF is witnessing another thousands of similar acts occurring at the Polling Stations around East Timor involving UNAMET personnels. What outcome will one expect from all this garbage. Only God knows, but one thing for sure, in computing terms, it says:"garbage in garbage out". If what UNAMET has done so far is just garbage to favor the victory of the pro-independence struggle in order to justify the international opinion that most of the Timorese people want to separate themselves from Indonesia, then the outcome will be just garbage. If the interpretation of a fair and just ballot shall mean that the pro-independence should win, the the outcome will really just be garbage, because the process that UNAMET is doing now is no more than a camouflage to cover the shame of the international community that has been deceived by the pro- independence supporters that the war in East Timor is between the East Timorese and Indonesians and not between the East Timorese and the East Timorese. If this is really the opinion than all the efforts that UNAMET is doing in attempting to reject the UNIF party agents, to reject the national observers and count the votes in Dili is not more than an international conspiracy to block and defeat the integration stream, because it is only through this way that UNAMET can use its power to impose the result of the outcome to the two factions involved as if UNAMET is the most and highest institution in the world that is allowed to break any rules whenever the big countries - colonizers and killers of mankind for centuries do desire. Now, we realize that it is not necessary any more to cry for the spilled milk. Only one hope that a single pro-integration individual still has, that UNAMET did not come to East Timor with the hidden mission to support the pro-independence ideology. If this is the case then UNAMET is going to be the new agent spreading the seeds of new conflicts after Portugal in 1975. Following is a temporary (mid-day) report from the sources of UNIF around East Timor regarding the irregularities occuring at some polling stations. DILI AREA 1. At the Polling Station 22 of Bemori, Dili Messrs. Emilio Gutterres and Manuel Soares, reported that they have been forced by UNAMET Officials from Japan called Aki and Vacy (Australian Citizen) driving UNAMET car no. 438 at booths 4 and 5 to tick the CNRT section; 2. At Fomento Polling Station 12, UNAMET local staff called Mario forced all the illiterate voters to tick CNRT section at booth 5; 3. At Fomento Polling Station, UNAMET Official of Spanish Nationality, driving UNAMET car no. 246, forced voters to tick on the CNRT Flag; 4. At Polling Station 16, At SMA Kristal, UNAMET local staff called Abilio forced the voters to choose CNRT; 5. At Polling Station of SMP I, Beto Barat, Hendrik, 35 years old, reported that Marcelino and Jose forced all the voters of Beto Barat to reject Autonomy; 6. At the Polling Station of SMP I, one pro-independence supporter was caught when trying to give another vote at Polling Station of SMP II; 7. At Polling Station 24, a UNAMET personnel almost accompanied all voters who want to cast their votes; 8. At the Polling Station of Camea, UNAMET assist the old people to tick the section of CNRT; 9. At the house of Joao, employee of the Department of Information (Kantor Penerangan) is gathering about 20 persons carrying machetes, arrows and traditional weapon; 10. At Dare Polling Station UNAMET rejected the assistance of Indonesian Police to escort the Ballot Boxes. The UNAMET staff requested escort from CNRT instead; 11. At almost all Polling Stations located in Eastern part of Dili, pro-independence supporters blocked the access of voters to the polling stations; 12. At the Bemori Polling Stations, UNAMET helps ticking CNRT section for disable and illiterate voters; 13. At the Polling Station 16, SMAK Becora, UNAMET forced Mrs. Rita Ximenes, 40 years old to tick at the CNRT section; 14. At the Polling Station of Camera the pro-independence supporters wearing military uniform guard the polling stations; 15. At the Polling Station of Bemori, UNAMET official forced Manuel Soares living at RT 1/RW 1 to reject Autonomy; 16. At the Polling Station of Comoro, UNAMET force voters to reject Autonomy; 17. At the Polling Station of Kuluhun, UNAMET force voters to reject Autonomy; 18. A local staff of UNAMET called Leonardo Magno, forced the voters to reject Autonomy; 19. Indonesian Police Station questioned a man called Armindo Pereira Soares, 43 years old, born in Baucau 7 February 1956, living in RT11/RW12, Caicoli Village, who have reported that a man called Mario, UNAMET local staff living at RT 3, Bairro Pite forced Armindo to tick on the CNRT section; 20. At the Polling Station of SD IV, Bairro Pite, 3 UNAMET local staffs forced the eldery and illiterate voters to tick on the CNRT section; 21. At the Polling Station 13, UNAMET security officer arrested a member of Aitarak who was at the site to give his vote; 22. At the Polling Station 14, UNAMET local staff led the voters to tick CNRT section; 23. At booth 3 of the Polling Station 2, Mrs. Antonio, 28 years old, living in Dare, RT I/ RW I, was forced by UNAMET local staff to tick on the CNRT section; 24. At the Polling Station 16, Mr. Vender driving UNAMET car no. 405, forced the voters of this station to tick on the CNRT section; 25. At the Polling Station 15, at 7:30 UNAMET personnel, Mr. Cander driving UNAME car no. 405 forced Mrs. Anita 29, (a member of the Comoro Babinsa's family) from Fomento village and Mrs. Maria Gusmao, 25, from Haslaran-Bairro Pitte West Dili to tick on the CNRT section; 26. At the Polling Station 16 Fomento Village West Dili, a local UNAMET staff called Tantino de Jesus Fomento forced Mrs. Teresia Alfonso, 27, to tick CNRT section; 27. At the Polling Station 3 of SPK, Leandro Isaac briefed the voters to tick on the section of CNRT; 28. At the Polling Station, the pro-independence supporters threatened the voters to choose CNRT; 29. At the Polling Station of Farol, the Indonesian Police was expelled by the International CIVPOL; 30. From almost all Polling Stations in Dili, the International Observers are given the easy access to inspect the booths at the Polling Stations, while the Indonesian Observers are not allowed at all to access the Polling Stations; 31. UNAMET starts to open the Polling Stations not at the officially announced time. Some Polling Stations started to open from 06.00 am, East Timor time, while the official hour is 09.00; 32. At the Polling Station of Tasi Tolu, a voter who pretended not to know how to mark the ballot paper ask the assistance of the UNAMET personnel present and this UNAMET personnel led him to tick the CNRT box. Knowing that this UNAMET personnel guided him to tick the CNRT box, then he made an open protest to the public about that UNAMET act by saying that UNAMET is misleading him; 33. At the Caicoli Polling Station, the number of voters exceeded the number of registers (2,405 registered, but 2,615 voted); 34. At the Polling Station 14, three pro-independence supporters, namely: Marselino, Jose - a teacher, and Jose from Beto Barat forced the voters to tick on the CNRT section; 35. A pro-independence supporter voted in two different times, namely at the Polling Station 14 and the Polling Station of Kampung Baru SD 7; 36. The Polling Station of Laulara was opened 05.30 am, Mr. Alfredo was forced by the UNAMET local staff to reject the autonomy. All the witnesses were from CNRT; (Continued on PART 2) --------------------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email from USA.com at http://mail.usa.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 23 Sep 1999 jam 12:00:04 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
