Horta denies accused militia leader has slipped out of East Timor

Accused former militia leader Martenus Bere in 1999. Photo: Tempo Semanal
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By Tempo Semanal in Dili
President José Ramos-Horta has denied claims that former Laksaur militia commander Maternus Bere has been spirited across the border into West Timor from the Indonesian Embassy in the Timor-Leste capital of Dili.
According to a Tempo Semanal source within the government before Horta left the country on October 19 for the presidential inauguration in Indonesia, he called an urgent meeting with acting Prime Minister Jose Luis Gutteres to discuss the Bere case.
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