"Indonesia identifies some terrorists have entered Timor-Leste."

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Jornal Independente - Monday, 1 October 2012 - ETAN

The Commander of the TNI on the Batugade Border, Infantry Major General Hengky Yuda Setiawan, of the Yonif 321 battalion says that some terrorists from Arabia and other countries entered Indonesia, and some have managed to escape into Nusa Tengara Timor province (NTT), and he suspects some have escaped into Timor-Leste.

 Commander Hengky met directly with the Commander of the the Border Police Unit (UPF) to ensure they stay vigilant and alert for these terrorist group, but, there are still no indicators that these terrorists have infiltrated the community, either in NTT nor in Timor-Leste.

 "I am concerned about these people, but by working together, we can tighten up the border to combat all bad things," he said, at Mota Ain, Batugade, Saturday 29 Sept 2012.

On the same occasion the commander of the UPF Superintendent Agostinho Gomes said that other work of the UPF was to identify and counter foreigners illegally entering Timor-Leste during this time, which did not include just Indonesians or Timorese, but Chinese, Sudanese, Afghan and even Russians.

He added that the UPF was also concerned that there were many illegal entrants into Timor-Leste, which in the future may have consequences for Timorese with more hard times to come, because they would have less jobs and housing for themselves in the future.

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