Hands Off Cain
INDONESIA·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 16, 2001·1 MIN READ

East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak...

East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak Eurico Guterres, 27, declared to a Jakarta courtroom that he wants to receive the death sentence because he feels rejected by the Indonesian Government

East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak Eurico Guterres, 27, declared to a Jakarta courtroom that he wants to receive the death sentence because he feels rejected by the Indonesian Government. Gang Aitarak waged a campaign of terror against independence supporters in East Timor, during vote for independence in 1999. The Indonesian Government named Mr Guterres as a suspect in a number of murders committed during the year of the vote.
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  • (Sources: Australian (The), 17/01/2001)