Assault on reporter probed

Assault on reporter probed

JAKARTA: Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung has ordered an
investigation into last week's attack on a Suara Timor Timur
journalist in Dili.

"The police will handle the case," Tanjung told journalists
here yesterday.

Earlier this week, Minister of Information Harmoko urged the
authorities in East Timor to take action against members of the
Pemuda Pancasila youth group who allegedly beat up journalist
Jacobus Herin and ransacked the newspaper's editorial office.

The attack was reportedly carried out by eight people on the
order of Ahmad Alkatiri, chief of the organization's local
chapter. He was offended by the paper's report on his alleged
involvement in a land dispute that broke into a physical clash
with a local gang. (pan)