23 January 2001 -- The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) has completed a four-day human rights training programme for East Timorese in Baucau, in the northern part of the territory.

The training introduced basic concepts and was facilitated by officers from UNTAET's Human Rights Unit and the non-governmental organizations Baucau Justice Peace Commission and Catholic Relief Service.

The 60 participants included students, community leaders, members of local organizations and representatives from the East Timor women's organization OMT from Baucau, Viqueque, Manatuto and Lospalos.

In other news, civilian police in Balibo, Maliana district, have arrested an alleged member of the Indonesian Armed Forces suspected of murder on 7 September 1999, UNTAET said. The suspect, an East Timorese, tried to enter the territory pretending to be a businessman last Saturday, but was identified by a Timorese police officer as a person who had participated in the post-ballot violence.

Meanwhile on the legal front, the court in Baucau has delivered its first criminal sentence, finding four men guilty of severely maltreating a man in Piteliti village in Lautem district. Two of the accused were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, while another received a sentence of two years. The remaining person will serve one year and three months, the UN Mission said.

 

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