Subject: KMP: 1000s of students said returning to
give "political education" to Timorese
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 09:06:36 -0500
From: "John M. Miller" <fbp@igc.apc.org>Received from Joyo:
1000s of students said returning to give "political education" to Timorese
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts April 2, 1999, Friday Source: 'Kompas', Jakarta, in
Indonesian 1 Apr 99
Thousands of students said returning to give "political education" to
Timorese
Dili: The calling back of thousands of East Timorese students currently pursuing
studies in various cities throughout Indonesia has been deplored. Students would be better
off concentrating on their studies. Not all students supported either independence or
integration for the territory.
Joao Bosco, deputy chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) faction in the
East Timor Regional DPR [People's Representative Council] said this yesterday (31st
March). "The students should only work for their own individual interests. This could
disturb the peace. Practical political education for the community is already part of the
UN programme," he said.
A number of students who were newly disembarked from said that they had been
"ordered" to come home by Xanana Gusmao. [sentence as received] They said that
they had received the call to return from rectors of their institutions, after the rectors
had received a letter from Gusmao.
The students said that they would be taking a three-month vacation starting in April,
with the special task of offering political education to the East Timorese community. All
East Timorese students were expected to be in Dili by 3rd April...
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