AFP Officers Arrest man Over Dili Violence
Australian Federal Police (AFP) in East Timor have arrested one
of many alleged suspects behind the violence that erupted in Dili
in late May.
The former Falantil guerilla has been charged with murder and will
appear in court next week.
AFP officers say Oan Kiak has been wanted for weeks over a particularly
violent incident in Dili on May 25.
They allege he was part of an armed militia gang that drove into
Dili's central market place and opened fire at random.
Police have accused Kiak of killing a passenger in a delivery truck.
They arrested Kiak today and charged him with murder and various
other offences.
He is the first suspect charged over the many deaths in Dili since
the violence first flared in April.
The United Nations (UN) is expected to send up to 1,600 international
police to maintain security in the troubled nation.