Fwd (GLW): PST in dispute with UNTAET

["Alan Bradley" <alanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From the latest Green Left Weekly (http://www.greenleft.org.au):

PST in dispute with UNTAET

DILI ? Members of Timorese Socialist Party (PST) around East Timor have
been occupying buildings left by the Indonesian government in order to
establish offices for their work with the grassroots.

In order to claim right to use empty buildings, groups have to inform the
UN Transitional Administration in East Timor that they are taking
possession.

After completing this formality, however, the PST in Los Palos was informed
by UNTAET that it had other uses for the building and could not allow the
occupation. The PST sign and flag were confiscated by UNTAET.

During a visit to the town on August 31, PST secretary-general Avelino da
Silva was told by UNTAET that the building was required by a Portuguese NGO
which was already occupying a considerably larger building next door.
Although the PST's sign was returned, the dispute remains unresolved.