AAP - September 11, 2007 02:53pm
A coroner will hand down her findings in November into the deaths of five Australian-based journalists in East Timor in 1975.
NSW deputy state coroner Dorelle Pinch will give her conclusions on November 5, more than 32 years after Brian Peters, Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham, Malcolm Rennie and Tony Stewart were gunned down in the East Timorese border town of Balibo.
Their families have urged Ms Pinch to find the Balibo Five were executed on October 16, 1975, by Indonesian soldiers including Captain Mohammad Yunus Yosfiah and Christoforus da Silva.
Counsel assisting the inquest, Mark Tedeschi QC, asked the coroner to recommend war crimes charges against those responsible.
The eight-week inquest earlier this year was told that both Australian and Indonesian governments maintained the journalists were killed in crossfire during the invasion of East Timor by Indonesian troops.
Previous Australian inquiries have reached the same conclusion. This was despite intelligence, which reached the highest levels of government, showing the killings were a deliberate attempt to silence the men, Ms Pinch was told. If there is sufficient evidence, the coroner could name those responsible and refer the case against them to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
Counsel for Peters' family, John Stratton SC, has asked the coroner to recommend the men's remains be returned to Australia.
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Balibo Five inquest findings in November
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Major Reinado acusado de rebelião e homicídios
Público, 12.09.2007
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Conclusões do Inquérito aos cinco de Balibo em Novembro
AAP - Setembro 11, 2007 02:53pm
Uma investigadora entregará as suas conclusões em Novembro às mortes dos cinco jornalistas baseados na Austrália em Timor-Leste em 1975.
A vice-investigadora do Estado de NSW Dorelle Pinch entregará as suas conclusões em 5 de Novembro, mais de 32 anos depois de Brian Peters, Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham, Malcolm Rennie e Tony Stewart terem sido mortos a tiro na cidade Timorenseda fronteira de Balibo.
As suas famílias pediram à Srª Pinch para descobrir se os Cinco de Balibo foram executadod em 16 de Outubro de 1975, por soldados Indonésios inclindo o Capitão Mohammad Yunus Yosfiah e Christoforus da Silva.
O advogado que assistiu ao Inquérito, Mark Tedeschi QC, pediu à investigadora para recomendar crimes de guerra contra esses responsáveis.
Ao inquérito de oito semanas no princípio deste ano foi dito que ambos os governos Australiano e Indonésio mantiveram que os jornalistas foram mortos em fogo cruzado durante a invasão de Timor-Leste por tropas Indonésias.
Inquéritos anteriores Australianos chegaram à mesma conclusão. E isto apesar das informações dos services de informações, que chegaram ao mais alto nível dos governos, terem mostrado que os assassinatos foram tentativas deliberadas para silenciar os homens, disseram à Srª Pinch. Se houver evidência suficiente, a investigadora pode nomear os responsáveis e referir o caso contra eles ao Director das Prossecuções Públicas da Commonwealth.
O advogado da família de Peters, John Stratton SC, pediu à investigadora para recomendar que os restos dos homens regressem à Austrália.
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