Police arrest four in Dili

Police arrest four in Dili

DILI, East Timor: Four people have been arrested on suspicion they were planning to organize an anti-government demonstration, local Police Chief Col. Andreas Sugianto said yesterday.

Andreas said that the four were members of a clandestine pro- independence group. He declined to name the suspects, but said they could face trial.

The four are suspected of trying to organize a demonstration to attract the world's attention to their cause while UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali was in Indonesia, he said.

"They are liable to prosecution because they planned a criminal act," he said.

East Timor integrated with Indonesia in 1976, but the UN has yet to recognize this. (yac)