First of Trials Opens on East Timor Violence
Indonesia opened the first trial of a senior official accused of crimes against humanity in East Timor, where opponents of independence for the province unleashed a violent campaign that left hundreds dead.
Prosecutors read out the charges against former East Timor Gov. Jose Abilio Soares at the Central Jakarta District Court.
Soares is one of 18 high-ranking Indonesian officials indicted last year in connection with the violence that swept East Timor before voters approved independence for the territory in an August 1999 referendum.
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