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It also will further erode the prestigeofPresidentB.J. Habibie, who is running for reelection after succeeding Suharte irquez/TheAssociated Press An Indonesian soldier kicks a man on Friday during renewed clashes betweensoldiers and protesters in Jakarta, Indonesia, over a disputed law that would have given the military expanded emergency powers. in May1998. Theytore out traffic signs and dimmed bydissatisfaction with his handling ofthe referendum on decorative pillars to create make. shift barricades. Police responded with plastic bullets and tear gas, but the ie’s chances have been East Timor independenceandby a Relief Workers: Pro-Indonesia Militias Keep E. Timorese ‘Hostage’ in Refugee Camps THE WASHINGTON POST retreat, packed onto trucks scrawled with the names oftheir militia gangs and bringing with themtheir assault rifles, machetes and dreamsof revenge. But as East Timor’s militias have settled here. across the border in western Timor nowriding around the streets of Kupang in open-backed trucks and wearing their characteristic black T-shirts they have brought their reign ofterror and intimi dation, this time against tens of thousands of dis placed East Timorese living in sprawling refugee campsas virtual hostages, accordingto relief work ers, human rights monitors and others. There are now more t Zast Timorese scattered throughout as 1 a e dozen camps some of them in churches. government buildings and a stadium and some along the road with people living in tents and under tarps. Relief agencies say many. if not most, of those camps are controlled by the pro-Indonesian militias. who deny access to most Westerners. There have been repeated reports of militia members entering camps at night and taking away brandishing their automatic weapons inside the Timor, where an Australian-led multinational the capital, Dili, from the armed gangs and departing Indonesiansoldiers. And relief agencies say they are alarmed that the Indonesian government has announced plans to be- gin relocatingthe refugees farther away from East Timor part of what aid groups here fear could bea forced removal of people as a prelude to the eventual partitioning of East Timor “They've got between 150,000 and 200,000 people hostage here relief worker said. “They're not refugees: they're hostages “What's happening here is horrible.” he said. “They're burning houses on thisside of the border. We hearreports of pregnant women being killed and theirbellies split open. Boats leave with 'X’ number of people and arrive with less.” He added: “The mi litia and military you can't make a difference anymore are in control of this city. 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The militia campaign of terror has extended be Atlanta-based were metwith violence.” regular price many particul: young men, anyone associated with the United Nations or working for foreigners, or anyone suspected of being an independence supporter may have been executed along the way Not all of the refugees here are considered “hostages.” Some are the relocated families of mili throughout Indonesia,” said the they said in a joint statement. Antique ward the border. Relief workers said they fear that tered around the archipelago an’s 4 ingly to separatefromIndonesia and becomean in dependent state in a U.N.-backed referendum. 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The New York-based Human Rights Watch also said ilitias in west Timorareterrorizing the East provoked intense international pressure on Indone. sia to accept foreign peacekeepers in East Timor militias. This is thought to be a regrouping, a swell the front-runner to become Indo- 2" Wood Blinds + Vertical Blinds + 2” PVC Blinds the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Jakarta, just returned fromatripto the refugee camps at Atambua. near the border between East Timor and west ern Timor, and she said she saw militia members suspected supporters of independence for East Timor. Young men also are being forced to join the than last week. Shops and malls throughout the city also closed early. Opposition leaders quickly joined thestudents in rejecting the new law. Megawati Sukarnoputri, Save 25% 26. KhinSandi Lwin,senior programcoordinator for They fled here in abject causeofthe violence. 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