Court tries demonstrator

Court tries demonstrator

DILI, East Timor: The local district court yesterday convened the trial of Ignasio de Jesus dos Santos, who is accused of organizing an anti-government demonstration on the University of East Timor campus last January.

Ignasio is one of the 13 that the government plans to bring before the court in connection with a demonstration at the state- run university on Jan. 9. He is being charged under the subversion law.

Abdul Hanan, the government prosecutor, told the court that the demonstration was planned at a meeting in Ignasio's house two days before it was held.

He said the demonstrators used abusive language and insulting the government during the campus protest. (yac/rms)