Indonesian army supported E. Timor militias: ex-militia leader

Indonesian army supported E. Timor militias: ex-militia leader

DILI, East Timor - Nemecio Lopez de Carvalho, former deputy commander of the once-feared Mahidi militia in East Timor, tells Kyodo News on March 6 that the Indonesian military (TNI) armed East Timor's pro-Jakarta militia groups and ordered the campaign of violence and destruction in the territory before and after it voted for independence in August 1999.

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