Timor prisoners may get clemency

Timor prisoners may get clemency

SEMARANG, Central Java: Four political prisoners from East
Timor serving hefty jail terms in the Kedungpane prison here may
receive clemency from the government.

The clemency has been proposed by the correctional house in
East Timor's capital of Dili from which the convicts were
transferred.

"If the clemency proposal is granted, their jail terms will be
reduced one month each," Kedungpane prison warden Marsono was
quoted as saying by Antara.

He said he had been informed that two of the six East Timorese
convicts would not receive clemency because they could not meet
the requirements.

The two are Gregorio Da Cunha Saldanha, currently serving a
life sentence, and Saturnino Da Costa Belo, who is doing 12
years. They were jailed for their involvement in an anti-
government demonstration on Nov. 12, 1991.(pan)