East Timor heightens alert

East Timor heightens alert

DILI, East Timor: Local police chief Col. Andreas Sugianto has said that he has prepared 1,000 security officers in anticipation of demonstrations during the United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's Indonesian visit.

"We have prepared two battalions of ABRI (Armed Forces) members in anticipation of any security disturbance," he said on Friday.

He said anti-integration elements have reportedly planned a rally starting from Santa Cruz cemetery to Marcado shopping center.

He said that a house in Bairopite, Marcado, which belongs to a member of the provincial legislative council, was vandalized by unidentified men. (yac/imn)