East Timorese children

East Timorese children

The Melbourne newspaper The Age is reporting that over 100
East Timorese children are languishing in orphanages in Central
Java, having been deceitfully separated from their parents in
refugee camps in West Timor by the pro-integration militia.

Apparently the target of indoctrination and abuse, these
youngsters would seem to be the equivalent of the tragic Greek
children abducted by the Greek communists and marched away into
the Soviet Union.

Jakarta must respond immediately to this report and
investigate. If found to be true and left unaddressed, it is
another stain on the country's reputation.

David Jardine

Jakarta