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Jakarta guilty of murder in East Timor

By Lisa Murray in Jakarta

Published: July 12 2008 02:35 | Last updated: July 12 2008 02:35

The Indonesian government, police and military “bear institutional responsibility for gross human rights violations” in East Timor, a report commissioned by both countries to be released next week in Bali reveals.

Indonesia has to date denied responsibility for the chaos and violence that spread through East Timor – leaving an estimated 1,500 people dead, including the Financial Times correspondent Sander Thoenes – after the islanders voted for independence from Jakarta in 1999.

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