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        "id": 1352775,
        "msgid": "e-timorese-citizens-demand-asylum-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-10-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "E. Timorese citizens demand asylum",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "E. Timorese citizens demand asylum KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Twenty-six East Timorese citizens have requested political asylum from the Indonesian government due to fear of intimidation back home, an Indonesian official has said. However, the Indonesian government initially turned down the request on the grounds that the 26 East Timorese previously refused to become Indonesian citizens, said Col. Moeswarno Moesanip, the chief of Wirasakti Military Resort overseeing East Timor Province (NTT).",
        "content": "<p>E. Timorese citizens demand asylum<\/p>\n<p>KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Twenty-six East Timorese citizens have<br>\nrequested political asylum from the Indonesian government<br>\ndue to fear of intimidation back home, an Indonesian official has said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Indonesian government initially turned down the<br>\nrequest on the grounds that the 26 East Timorese previously<br>\nrefused to become Indonesian citizens, said Col. Moeswarno<br>\nMoesanip, the chief of Wirasakti Military Resort overseeing East<br>\nTimor Province (NTT).<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The 26 East Timorese took refuge in Indonesia after the 1999<br>\nEast Timor mayhem, and they were given a chance to obtain<br>\nIndonesian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;However, instead of doing that, they returned later on to<br>\ntheir hometown and became citizens of East Timor,&quot; Moeswarno told<br>\nThe Jakarta Post. -JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/e-timorese-citizens-demand-asylum-1447893297",
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