Indonesia's military buildup in E.Timor Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit source - "Sharon R.A. Scharfe" Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio News Wednesday 9 June, 1999 Indonesia's military increases numbers in E Timor Indonesia's military chief General Wiranto has ordered an increased military presence off the coast of East Timor. Today, at a press briefing Colonel Tono Suratman, commander of Indonesian Army Forces in East Timor, told journalists there had been reports of five unidentified flights recently in the air space around East Timor. A boat with helipad facilities had also been sighted. Military monitoring also reported two landings by Puma helicopters in the south-east of East Timor. These incursions are suspected of being armed shipments to pro-independence guerillas. Colonel Suratman said that in response General Wiranto had ordered Indonesia's air force and naval vessels to be in the area of East Timor, to guard Indonesian air space until the popular consultation on August 8. (c) 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ************************************************************************** For more information on Parliamentarians for East Timor, Please Contact: Sharon Scharfe, International Secretariat PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR EAST TIMOR Suite 116, 5929-L Jeanne D'Arc Blvd. Orleans, ON K1C 7K2 CANADA Fax: 1-613-834-2021 E-Mail: pet@web.net ************************************************************************** ** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor ** *************************************************************************** This material came from the Institute for Global Communications (IGC), a non-profit, unionized, politically progressive Internet services provider. For more information, send a message to igc-info@igc.org (you will get back an automatic reply), or visit their web site at http://www.igc.org/ . IGC is a project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. *************************************************************************** ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytpac-06.15.99-01:31:31-1897