W. Timor militias begin handing over weapons to Indonesia

ATAMBUA, Indonesia - Photo shows Indonesian Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri seeing weapons handed over by pro-Jakarta East Timorese militiamen in West Timor to Indonesian police on Sept. 24 in line with a U.N. Security Council resolution urging them to disarm. In a ceremony to mark the disarmament, about 100 militiamen held out explosives and about 900 guns before Megawati.

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