Ndaye in Dili for talks with local officials
Ndaye in Dili for talks with local officials
DILI, East Timor (JP): Special rapporteur from the United
Nations Human Rights Commission for Execution Without Trial,
Bacre Waly Ndaye, met with East Timor Governor Abilio Jose Osorio
Soares here yesterday to discuss the 1991 "Dili incident."
Ndaye, who arrived at Dili's Komoro Airport yesterday
afternoon, was welcomed by First Assistant to East Timor's
Provincial Secretary Armindo Soares Mariano, Head of the
Provincial Office of Social and Political Affairs Sjamsu Anwar
and Head of the Provincial Public Relations Bureau Jose Estevao
Soares.
Abilio told reporters later that Ndaye did not specifically
question him about execution without trial during the two-hour
talk but instead discussed the 1991 riot, in which the
authorities claim 50 were killed, and the detentions and trials
of the people who were reportedly involved.
"I explained to him that everyone who was directly involved
and responsible for the incident has been processed by law,"
Soares said, adding that those who had been tried were local army
members and policemen.
He said that Ndaye was also here to re-check the government's
progress in searching for the 56 people who were reportedly
missing following the riot.
"The 56 missing persons have not been found yet, but it is not
only a concern of the UN, but of all of us as well, because the
incident is a violation of human rights," the governor said.
The incident, which took place on Nov. 12, 1991 near a
cemetery, developed into a riot as the demonstrators clashed with
troops.
During his stay in East Timor, Ndaye is scheduled to meet with
the head of the district court, head of the prosecution office,
traditional leaders, head of the Dili City Council, head of the
East Timor district police, chairman of the National Youth
Committee and the East Timor military commander.
He will also visit Becora prison and the polytechnic and
fishing port at Hera. Ndaye will return to Jakarta on Monday
afternoon. (yac/pwn)