GRORTT seeks UN mediation<\/p>\n
MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: A newly formed group calling
\nitself the Movement for East Timorese Unity and Reconciliation
\n(GRORTT) has sent a letter to the United Nations demanding an
\nindependent team be sent to judge whether it is \"antiintegration\"
\nas local officials allege.<\/p>\n
Members of the group also refused to be questioned by the
\npolice or the East Timor District Court.<\/p>\n
The letter, dated Jan. 10, demanded the United Nations send a
\nteam from the International Court of Justice to act as a neutral
\narbitrator.<\/p>\n
The group's leader, Manuel Viegas Carrascalao, a former
\nspeaker of the provincial legislature, told The Jakarta Post
\nThursday that a UN team would be more neutral than the local
\nofficials who have already branded the group as
\n\"antiintegration\".<\/p>\n
He said the group was established to gather and unite the East
\nTimorese community which was shattered following the 1975 civil
\nwar.<\/p>\n
The group claimed that it had orchestrated a number of dialogs
\nto seek a peaceful settlement to the East Timor problem.<\/p>\n
The former Portuguese colony integrated into Indonesia, as its
\n27th province,9 in 1976. (yac\/10)<\/p>",
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