`Dili veterans' cover APEC

`Dili veterans' cover APEC

Two U.S.-based journalists who were present during the tragic
incident in the East Timor capital of Dili in November 1991 will
return to Indonesia this week to cover the APEC meetings.

Allan Nairn and Amy Goodman, whose reports about the Dili
incident were criticized by the Indonesian government as
distorted and unfair, have been granted visas by the Indonesian
embassy in Washington, according to the Antara news agency.

"The embassy has informed us that there are no bans against
foreign journalists intending to cover the APEC meeting," Harry
Kandau of the Indonesian consulate in New York said, adding that
the consulate has accepted their visa applications.

Nairn is covering as a correspondent for the Multinational
Monitor magazine while Goodman will be covering as a
correspondent for Pacifica Radio, he said.

David Jenkins, a senior Australian journalist whose writings
in the past have offended the Indonesian government, has arrived
to cover the APEC meeting. (emb)