http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/9909/16/A6698-1999Sep16.shtml Resistance figure names 3 generals behind Dili violence Source: AAP | Published: Thursday September 16 5:28:17 PM Three Indonesian generals were behind the destruction of East Timor, including the torching of Roman Catholic Bishop of Dili Carlos Ximenes Belo's residence, a senior Timorese resistance figure said today. Disguised as a member of the militia and then a Japanese national, Bishop Belo Foundation chairman Francisco Kalbuadi fled Dili after Bishop Belo's compound was raided 10 days ago. Mr Kalbuadi named three Indonesian generals he believed responsible for the bloodshed - Jakarta City chief Major General Safrie Syam Sudin; Secret Police chief Jeky Anwar and Indonesian Brigadier General Glen (Glen). Mr Kalbuadi, whose role is to liaise between separatist leader Xanana Gusmao and Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Belo, arrived in Australia today from Singapore after escaping Dili. Mr Kalbuadi said he hoped to give evidence against the three at a future war crimes tribunal into human rights abuses in the province. He said he saw one of the generals outside the front of Bishop Belo's compound the day it was stormed by Indonesian troops and militia. "They came and just shot everywhere," he told a media conference in Sydney. "(There were) more than 5,000 people inside the compound, everyone (was) running away and children were crying ... the old ladies (were) crying. "I saw one of the generals in front of the compound when the house started burning, General Safrie Syam Sudin. "I know him very well." He called for a peacekeeping force to be sent into East Timor immediately. However, he said the Indonesian army should be forced to withdraw, otherwise it would shoot peacekeeping troops and blame it on the militias. Mr Kalbuadi said he expected it to take at least three months for the situation to stabilise and for the territory to set up a framework for independence. He said he expected Mr Gusmao and exiled East Timorese resistance leader Jose Ramos-Horta to lead the new nation. Dili was now deserted with Indonesian troops now targeting the hills around the city, he said. "When I left Dili it was empty," he said. "All I (could) smell was the blood." He said when he left Dili he had two dead bodies in his own house. "This is criminal ... they have no human sense, they have no sense of feeling, (no) sense of love," he said. "They just feel happy after they kill people. "How you live with these people ... we have been living with them for 23 years." ************************************************************************* This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
