Moesanif warns of chaos in East Timor

Moesanif warns of chaos in East Timor

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Wirasakti military commander Col.
Moeswarno Moesanif accused an East Timor opposition group on
Tuesday of infiltrating the Indonesian province of East Nusa
Tenggara to invite former militiamen to create chaos in the new
country.

Based on intelligence information, the opposition group called
Kolimau 2000 and ex-militias want to destabilize East Timor after
the UN peacekeeping force leaves in May, he said.

Moesanif, whose command oversees security in East Nusa
Tenggara, said the number of border-crossers from and to
neighboring East Timor had increased to more than 100 per day.

Some of them are suspected of being members of the Kolimau
2000 led by Dr. Bruno, he added.

"Intelligence officers have reported that Kolimau members have
been roaming around border areas and refugee camps," Moesanif
said.

Kolimau was one of the clandestine groups that fought for East
Timor's independence from Indonesia for decades.

But after it voted to break away in August 1999, Kolimau
members were not accommodated in government offices or the
legislature. -- JP