Eurico under house arrest in E. Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta Prosecutors' Office
\ntransferred on Tuesday former East Timorese pro-Indonesia militia
\nleader Eurico Guterres from state detention in Salemba
\npenitentiary, Central Jakarta, to a house in East Jakarta where
\nhe will remain under house arrest.<\/p>\n
Eurico's lawyer Suhardi Somomoeljono told The Jakarta Post
\nthat Eurico, escorted by a number of police officers and
\nofficials from the prosecutor's office, left the penitentiary for
\nhis house in the Cipayung district at about 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
The North Jakarta District Court granted on Tuesday the appeal
\nby Eurico's lawyer requesting that the head of the feared Aitarak
\npro-Jakarta militia be placed under house arrest as he had been
\ncooperative during the trial process and has assured the judges
\nthat he will not try to escape.<\/p>\n
Eurico is on trial on charges of inciting violence and illegal
\npossession of weapons. He is accused of having ordered his
\nfollowers last Sept. 24 to take back weapons they had surrendered
\nto the police in East Nusa Tenggara as a part of a disarmament
\nprogram. Suhardi said that Eurico still had followers in
\nJakarta and in East Nusa Tenggara. \"It will be easier for him to
\ncoordinate with them from the house,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said his client lived in a two-story rented house with five
\nbedrooms. Two police officers and two prosecution officials have
\nbeen assigned to guard the house, he said.<\/p>\n
Eurico will be accompanied by about 10 friends at the house,
\npending the arrival of Eurico's wife and three children from
\nKupang, East Nusa Tenggara.<\/p>\n
He is allowed to receive visits at anytime as long as the
\nvisitors announce their identities and fill in the guest book.<\/p>\n
Eurico, who is not allowed to leave the house during his
\ndetention, will remain there until the court decides whether or
\nnot he is guilty.(01)<\/p>",
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