Three Timor students arrested

Three Timor students arrested

BOBONARO, East Timor (JP): Governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares
said security authorities arrested three local students for
bringing in forbidden books and `foreign items.'

The East Timorese, who pursue their studies in Java, were
arrested on their arrival at 2 a.m Saturday in Dili, Abilio told
The Jakarta Post after swearing in the new Bobonaro regent
Guilherme dos Santos.

The students, identified as Arseno P. Bano, Barytolomeu
Sexuira and Jose de Tafares, were later released on Saturday but
were requested to keep in touch with the authorities until they
got back to Java.

He said the authorities confiscated unspecified books
published by the Jakarta-based Pijar (Glow) Foundation and items
imported from abroad.

Abilio, who said he was just informed of the incident by East
Timor police chief Andreas Sugiarto, declined to comment when
asked why the books were banned in the province although the
Supreme Court in Jakarta had not issued the ruling. (yac/pan)