E. Timorese reiterate compensation demand

E. Timorese reiterate compensation demand

SEMARANG: Some 25 former residents of East Timor descended
upon the Central Java provincial administration on Monday,
demanding that the Indonesian government pay the compensation
promised to them after they fled East Timor in 1999.

The East Timorese relocated to Indonesia, mostly to areas in
Central Java, after East Timor claimed independence in 1999.

Amancio Da Silva, the coordinator of the protest, said the
group, which had been living in Central Java for the past few
years, had requested the compensation offered by the government
for their loyalty to the country, but they had not received any
funds to date. -- JP