Fernando de Araujo Indictment
From: apakabar@igc.apc.org
Date: Wed Mar 18 1992 - 14:18:00 EST
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Forwarded from GreenNet reg.easttimor conference:
Topic 1097Araujo indictment - revised
gn:tapolreg.easttimor11:10 pm Mar 17, 1992
Excerpts from the Araujo indictment
The following are excerpts from the indictment read out by the
procesution in the trial of Fernando de Araujo, an East Timorese
student who went on trial in
subversion. [As yet the full text of the indictment which runs into
about 150 pages is not yet available. The following excerpts are
taken from three pages received so far.]
...
9. On 28 October 1991, the accused, at his lodging, Jalan Sesetan
Gg Tamansari no 10, Denpasar,
Constancio Pinto in Dili, at about 06.00 local time [all times
mentioned in the indictment are 'WITA' or Central Indonesian Time
which includes
[intelligence] opened fire at the
the death of two young East Timorese, and ordering him to pass this
information on to Donaciano Gomes in
At about 08.00 local time, the accused phoned a person named
Donaciano Gomes in
for it to be passed on to the others.
At about 10.00 local time, the accused phoned Joao Freitas da
Camara in
Church Dili, and asking Joao Freitas da Camara in
contact with Carmel Budiardjo in
All this being for the purposes of obtaining the sympathy of
the outside world that human rights violations had taken place in
10. That because the Portuguese Parliamentary Delegation had not
come on 4 November 1991, there was a meeting on 7 November 1991 at
the home of Francisco Branco attended by several members of the
Executive Committee, including Juvencio de Jesus Martins, Gregorio
da Cunha Saldanha, Fransisco Branco and Constancio Pinto, which was
chaired by Constancio Pinto, which drew up an instruction that
because the Portuguese Parliamentary Delegation would not be
coming, we should use the opportunity to have a demonstration on
the occasion of the visit of the UN human rights envoy whose visit
coincided with the Mass to commemorate the death of Sebastiao on 12
November 1991 when flowers would be placed on his grave in Santa
Cruz, and that at the time of this visit, there would be three
foreign journalists who would cover the procession of the Mass and
demonstration, for the purpose of being able to show the outside
world that
to be free, while at the same time asking for support from other
countries to bring about a solution to the question of
information regarding this was then passed on by Constancio Pinto
to the accused.
11. On 12 November 1991 at about 10.00 local time, the accused in
Denpasar Dili received a phone-call from Constancio Pinto in Dili
informing him that at about 09.30 local time, the army had carried
out a massacre as a large crowd of people were on their way from
grave of Sebastiao, and Constancio Pinto issued an instruction that
a demonstration should take place in
At 13.00 local time, the accused phoned Joao Freitas da
Camara, leader of the Renetil branch in
the incident in Dili, and the accused then instructed Joao Freitas
da Camara, among other things:
a. To tell the foreign press and foreign embassies in
about this event and to inform ACFOA in
b. To organise a demonstration in
c. To contact Renetil branches in
demonstration, each Renetil branch should sent five persons, with
as many as people as possible from
d. That the demonstration should be held no later than 18
November at which there should be banners and a petition to the UN
office, the Japanese and Australian embassies in
this demonstration should be led and coordinated by Joao Freitas da
Camara....
...... [Several pages later.]
4. That the accused as chair of Renetil and also as the
Clandestine Communication Centre to receive information about
developments in
for dissemination abroad and for Renetil branches, or vice versa,
and to receive assistance in the form of cash and medicines from
abroad or from Dili to be used to promote the interests of the
Clandestine operation, for which purpose the accused established
contact by sending letters by relay to, or by telephone contact
with, Fretilin GPK [the regime's acronym which stands for 'security
disruptor gangs'] leaders, among others;
a. Ramos Horta and Alfredo Pareira in
CN (National Convergence),
b. Abelio Araujo, Estarao Tabral and Luisa Teotonia in
c. Jose L. Guiteres in
d.
e. Xanana Gusmao as leader of the CNRM/Supreme commander of
GPK/Fretilin in
f. Constancio Pinto as leader of the Executive Committee of the
Clandestine Front (CF) in
Further, the accused received a special message from Xanana
Gusmao that "To resist is to win", the purpose being to preserve
the existence of the struggle to free
State of the
That in order to finance these clandestine operations, the
accused received financial assistance, among others:
Rp. 500,000 a month from Alfredo Pareira;
A$2,000 from Ramos Horta;
Rp. 500,000 from Constancio Pinto;
A monthly contribution of Rp. 5,000 from each member;
some of which was received directly by the accused and via the
intermediary of tourists whose identities are not known or through
the Bank Nasional Indonesia (BNI) 1946, Denpasar branch.
Translator's note: All names are given here as spelt in the
indictment.
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