UN Experts Will Visit Indonesia
NEW YORK, May 17 (Antara): The commission of experts tasked by
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to investigate judicial processes
on the alleged human rights abuses in East Timor's independence
vote on 1999, will visit Jakarta on May 18.
A Secretary General's report on the UN mission to Timor Leste (UNMISET),
published in New York on Monday, said that the Indonesian government
had agreed to issue entry visas for UN legal experts for a three-day
visit to Jakarta.
The three legal experts are Prafullachandra Bhagwati from India,
Yozo Yokota from Japan and Shaista Shameem from Fiji.
The report said that Jakarta's readiness to issue visas was confirmed
by Indonesian representatives in Geneva on May 11.
UN spokesman Marie Okabe confirmed that the three legal experts
will leave for Jakarta on Wednesday.
Indonesian government had earlier said that it would deny entry
visas to the UN experts because East Timor and Indonesia have formed
their own commission to investigate the violence and to promote
reconciliation.
Indonesia and East Timor established the "Commission of Truth
and Friendship" in March.