Rebel captured in Dili

DILI, East Timor (JP): The police captured a member of a clandestine group that assaulted a guest at a wedding party in Bemori, one kilometer north of here Saturday.

Sgt. Sidik of the Dili Police Precinct identified the suspect as Francisco, 25, one of 10 members of a clandestine group who beat up Miguel, a 45 year-old hospital employee.

He said he was optimistic that the police would catch the other nine of the group, which recruits students, workers and unemployed people.

Lt. Col. Edward Frans, an assistant chief of the Social and Political affairs division of the Dili Military Resort, said the local government is trying to curb clandestine movements by creating new jobs. (02/yac)