Former E. Timor troops resettled

Former E. Timor troops resettled

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Some 2,600 East Timorese former
soldiers who have been living in refugee camps in East Nusa
Tenggara will receive vocational training and join the
transmigration program.

Col. Jurefar, the chief of the East Nusa Tenggara Military
District, said it would be better for the former soldiers from
East Timor to join the resettlement program to help improve their
social welfare.

"Besides receiving a monthly allowance, the ex-servicemen, who
are mostly still young, will be given a house and a plot of
arable land to improve their welfare," he told Antara.

He said the former servicemen were also free to choose whether
they would like to remain in Indonesia or return to East Timor.

Between 300 and 400 former servicemen have returned to East
Timor since the territory decided to separate from Indonesia last
August. (rms)