On the recordJune 10, 1997
I clearly think that justice needs to be done, but of course there is no justice in East Timor because people can be summarily arrested and tortured without legal representation. I do acknowledge that the gentleman is correct that in the event there is any violence, there should be justice. But the justice system as it currently exists is a one-sided justice system. On the second point in terms of the payroll, I would acknowledge that I do not think in every instance that those instigating these points of violence whereby the Indonesian Government uses as a pretext to crack down on the East Timorese, that in all those instances it is those that are on their payroll, but I would point out that it is something that is acknowledged on the ground there as being a fundamental truth of the situation.
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