Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed regret for violence in East Timor in 1999.
He was speaking after receiving the final report of the bilateral Truth and Friendship Commission alongside East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta on the island of Bali. Over 1,000 people were believed to have been killed when local militias, backed by the Indonesian military, rampaged through East Timor as the then-province voted to break away from Jakarta, which had EU Will Offer Out-of-Court Settlements to Illegal Cartels ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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