JAKARTA - The military has deployed around 1,000 troops along the border with East Timor. This followed a security crisis in the new Asian country. MetroTV reported that the deployment was to anticipate the possibility of rebels crossing the border into Indonesia. The former military police chief Maj. Alfredo Reinado, escaped from prison in September after leading dozens of mutinous soldiers into the mountains. Indonesia has closed the checkpoints on the border since last Sunday to prevent an exodus of East Timorese.
Foreign peacekeeping troops earlier launched a manhunt for the renegade commander who is said to have stolen a load of automatic weapons from a police station during the weekend, just weeks before the presidential elections in the country. Reinado deserted from the East Timor army last May and was followed by about 600 others, triggering violence between fractions of the security forces in June. Looting, arson and gun battles have killed 37 and forces 155,000 to seek refuge elsewhere.
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JAKARTA - The military has deployed around 1,000 troops along the border with East Timor. This followed a security crisis in the new Asian country. MetroTV reported that the deployment was to anticipate the possibility of rebels crossing the border into Indonesia. The former military police chief Maj. Alfredo Reinado, escaped from prison in September after leading dozens of mutinous soldiers into the mountains. Indonesia has closed the checkpoints on the border since last Sunday to prevent an exodus of East Timorese.
