Protesters end Dutch embassy sit-in<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Some 55 East Timorese and non-East Timorese
\nprotesters ended their two-day occupation of the Dutch embassy
\nlate afternoon yesterday and were immediately bussed to the South
\nJakarta Police Precinct.<\/p>\n
One of the protesters had to be helped by friends as they left
\nthe embassy compound in the Jl. Rasuna Said area for the two
\nbuses provided by the police, witnesses said.<\/p>\n
A Dutch embassy official accompanied the protesters to the
\npolice precinct. It was not immediately clear what concessions
\nthey secured in return for leaving the embassy.<\/p>\n
They had made three demands: a referendum on the question of
\nEast Timor's integration with Indonesia, a withdrawal of all
\ntroops from the territory and the release of all East Timorese
\npolitical prisoners.<\/p>\n
They had also sought government assurances of their safety
\nonce they come out of the embassy.<\/p>\n
South Jakarta Police Precinct Chief Lt. Col. Silvanus Wenas
\nwas on standby outside the embassy almost all through the day as
\nthe embassy officials negotiated with the protesters. He was seen
\ngoing and out several times.<\/p>\n
"We're not involved in the negotiations," he told reporters.<\/p>\n
The agreement was reached less than an hour after human rights
\ncampaigner H.J.C. Princen came to join the negotiations which
\nlasted more than four hours.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Jakarta Police headquarters yesterday released
\nall 57 protesters who had broken into the Russian embassy on
\nThursday, after having held them for questioning for almost 24
\nhours.<\/p>\n
They were not charged.<\/p>\n
A police official said that it was up to the Russian embassy
\non whether or not to press charges, because the protesters forced
\ntheir way into its sovereign territory.<\/p>\n
The two embassy break-ins occurred at almost the same time in
\nthe early hours on Thursday. (01)<\/p>",
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