Three former East Timorese soldiers suspected of being involved in attacks on the country's leaders will be brought back to Dili from Indonesia by the end of next week, Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa said.
Da Costa said they were waiting to receive formal notification of the arrests from East Timor's embassy in Jakarta, but Indonesian police confirmed the three suspects had been captured.
"Since there is no extradition treaty between the two countries there has been close discussion with our prosecutor-general," da Costa said.
"We expect the prosecutor-general will fly to Jakarta by Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest and bring them back.
As soon as authorities discovered the three men had crossed the border, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sent a special delegation to East Timor to cooperate with authorities to bring them back, da Costa said.
"The way [Indonesian authorities] have responded shows their willingness to cooperate with Timor-Leste authorities. We think maybe one, two, three days after the prosecutor-general flies to Jakarta, this issue will be resolved," he said.
East Timor's prosecutor-general said he expected Polri would help escort the three suspects back to Dili and "officially deliver" them to authorities.
"We have confirmation that at least two of the men were at the president's residence on February 11," Longuinhos Monteiro said.
East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao were attacked by rebels in Dili in separate incidents on February 11.
Ramos-Horta was critically wounded, while Gusmao escaped unharmed.
Fonte: News smh (edition of 19 April 2008)
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