The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Note from East Timor
The first criminal sentence in East Timor since the popular consultation held last August was carried out today in the Dili District Court. A 28-year old man was sentenced to 15 years in jail for the murder of a 12-year-old child in March. The convicted man will serve his sentence in the Becora prison in Dili.
The sentence was announced in the same Dili Court room where in 1993 an Indonesian Court sentenced the then resistance leader, Xanana Gusmao.
More details on this and other news from East Timor are available in the Briefing Notes available in my office.
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