***Timor Leste pernah menjadi satu bagian dari NKRI. Pemerintah boleh kirim surat ke Dili, menunjukkan prihatin dan minta Dili selesaikan isu ini secepatnya...
East Timor PM calls for calm >From correspondents in Dili March 26, 2006 EAST Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri today called for calm a day after sacked soldiers rampaged through the capital looting shops and pelting opponents with stones. "I ask that all people in Timor Leste remain calm and not be provoked by rumours," Alkatiri said shortly after returning from a visit to Japan. "The Government and the security forces will try to solve the problem that has arisen," he said. His appeal followed a night of violence blamed on soldiers who were sacked last week after deserting their barracks. Residents in Dili reported that shops had been looted and opposing groups of soldiers had fought pitched battles in various parts of the city. Police and government officials refused to comment and details remained sketchy. Reports of arrests could not be confirmed. Some residents reported hearing gunfire, and said that armed patrols had criss-crossed the city late last night. Hospitals said no one had been admitted with injuries. Many residents said they had been too afraid to leave their homes throughout the night. The violence was believed to involve soldiers, mainly former resistance fighters unused to regular military discipline, who were sacked after deserting over unaddressed grievances, including nepotism and over-zealous surveillance. Military chief commander Brigadier General Taur Matan Ruak dismissed 591 deserters, more than a third of the country's regular armed forces. About 840 regular soldiers remain in the fledgling East Timorese army, Gen. Ruak said. There are also approximately 1500 reservists. East Timorese guerrilla forces fought Indonesian troops during almost 24 years of occupation of the former Portuguese colony. The country became the world's youngest nation in May 2002. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18613983%255E1702,00.html Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
