Eurico's trial adjourned

Eurico's trial adjourned

JAKARTA (JP): The trial of former East Timor militia leader
Eurico Guterres was adjourned on Thursday after two high ranking
police witnesses failed to appear in the North Jakarta District
Court.

Former East Nusa Tenggara police chief Brig. Gen. John Lalo,
who is an expert staff at the National Police headquarters, and
Maj. Gen. A. Sutiyono, assistant chief for operations at the
headquarters, were expected to clarify a point over charges that
Eurico had instigated his men to reclaim their weapons at a local
police office in East Nusa Tenggara.

Presiding judge Suwardi decided to resume the hearing next
Tuesday.

Eurico's lawyer Suhardi Somomoelyono said that the two
witnesses were with his client at the office of the Belu
detective police's chief during the incident, which took place
after a ceremony of the arms handover at the headquarters
presided over by Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri last year.

Earlier in the hearing, the court granted the request of the
defendant, who is under house arrest, to move from his rented
house in Cipayung, East Jakarta, to another house in Jagakarsa,
South Jakarta, where he would live with his wife and three
children. (bby)