Filomeno dos Santos not dead

Wednesday, May 31, 1995 - 10:00

Contrary to earlier reports, detained East Timorese student Filomeno dos Santos did not die as a result of beatings in Becorau prison.

According to investigations by Tapol (British Campaign for Human Rights in Indonesia), Red Cross officials met him and confirmed that he is alive. The report that he died came originally from information from an official at Becorau who passed it on to the family.

According to Tapol, the prison official may have been making mischief by circulating an inaccurate report. The family were denied permission to visit him in prison and assumed that the report was correct.

From GLW issue 189

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