'SCMP' tells lies<\/p>\n
The provocative story in the South China Morning Post (SCMP)
\npublished in your paper titled Battling brutality in East Timor
\n(Sept. 25, 1999) was full of lies. It showed the immoral attitude
\nof the paper in attempting to disgrace the Indonesian government
\nand its people. The death of Sander Thoenes was not the
\nresponsibility of the Indonesian government nor the Indonesian
\nArmy but the full responsibility of the multinational
\npeacekeeping force, especially the Australian contingent under
\nCommander Maj. Gen. Peter Cosgrove.<\/p>\n
The SCMP lied when it mentioned that the Indonesian soldiers
\nopened fire. It was the Australian soldiers who opened fire when
\nthey tried to disperse the proindependence militias and the
\nFalintil who were ransacking godowns of rice, etc. in Dili. The
\nIndonesian government with the help of the Indonesian Army were
\nworking hard to help the thousands of refugees who were
\nsheltering in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)
\nespecially in Kupang town area.<\/p>\n
I would like to say to the SCMP management that Indonesia has
\nbeen working endlessly to help the Timorese to become human
\nbeings in the truest sense of the word. Under the wicked
\nPortuguese colonial rule which lasted for more than 450 years,
\nthe Timorese were no more than coolies and the region was
\nextremely underdeveloped.<\/p>\n
Indonesia saved the East Timorese from the brutality of the
\nPortuguese and the civil war from 1974 to 1975. We are the nation
\nwho brought freedom and democracy to East Timor. No nation in the
\nworld can deny this.<\/p>\n
MUHD, RAMZY HASIBUAN<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/scmp-tells-lies-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }