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DATE=8/17/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=INDONESIA - EAST TIMOR (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-252857
BYLINE=PATRICIA NUNAN
DATELINE=JAKARTA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: Shots were fired Tuesday at the office of a 
pro-independence group in the disputed territory of 
East Timor. As Patricia Nunan reports from Jakarta, 
the violence comes as East Timor celebrates 
Indonesia's national day for what could be the last 
time
Text:  No one was hurt in the attack on the office of 
the National Council for Timorese Resistance in the 
East Timorese capital of Dili. A window was broken and 
independence leaders were able to retrieve empty shell 
casings from the attack.
Pro-independence leaders says the attack proves that 
the Indonesian government is doing little to follow 
through on its pledge to maintain security in East 
Timor, in the run-up to the U-N-supervised autonomy 
referendum to be held on August 30th. They say the 
attack was carried out by a pro-Indonesia militia 
group -- which is fighting to keep East Timor a part 
of Indonesia.
The East Timorese people will be asked to vote on 
whether to accept or reject an Indonesian government 
offer of wide-ranging autonomy for the territory. The 
balloting is to take place August 30th.
The autonomy vote is intended to end a low-intensity 
guerrilla war for independence that began when the 
Indonesian military invaded East Timor in 1975. If the 
East Timorese reject the autonomy offer, the territory 
will move towards becoming an independent nation. 
The attack came on National Day, with Indonesians 
celebrating 54 years of independence from Dutch 
colonial rule. Some two thousand people in East Timor 
dressed in Indonesia's national colors of red and 
white and drove through central Dili.
But if East Timor wins independence during the U-N 
autonomy referendum, this will be the last year 
National Day is marked in the territory. 
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Meanwhile in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, some 
300 students blocked traffic and sang songs to protest 
against what they described as
government-sanctioned violence in Indonesia.
Scores of riot police were deployed to prevent 
students from marching on parliament. (SIGNED)
NEB/PN/FC/PLM 
17-Aug-1999 06:57 AM EDT (17-Aug-1999 1057 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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