Killing fields in East Timor

Killing fields in East Timor

Unspeakable crimes have been committed against the East
Timorese on our behalf. For us, Indonesians, then, not to ratify
their hard-won wish for independence is a farce. To expect the
East Timorese to welcome us as masters on their soil is like
expecting the Cambodian people to reward the Khmer Rouge for
mercilessly butchering a third of their population -- which
tragically is the case.

This is injustice of the worst order. We must not let this
happen. Unless we bring the perpetrators to ground and their
superiors before the court, our reputation abroad as being
morally bankrupt will forever remain to haunt each and every of
us.

Justice for the East Timorese. Now!

MARJELLA DJORGHI

London