KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The military commander overseeing
East Nusa Tenggara, Col. Inf. Moeswarno Moesanip, has dismissed
plans to unite the Indonesian side of West Timor with the
independent East Timor, saying the threat was not serious.
"Plans to establish a Great Timor nation will never
work," he said on Wednesday.
Talk of the possibility of uniting West Timor in East Nusa
Tenggara with the independent East Timor has been making the
rounds among students and non-governmental organizations here.
Moeswarno said he was aware that people had been talking about
secession, but he was not taking it seriously.
"If serious action is taken to provoke people into
conspiring against Indonesia, then the TNI (Indonesian Military)
will respond," he said. -- JP
