§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newport, West,Official Report, 13 December, column 596, the special United Nations rapporteur to East Timor has now visited that country.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydNo.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what current plans there are for a delegation by the current Portuguese presidency of the EC to East Timor to investigate human rights.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydNone to our knowledge.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has concerning allegations that witnesses to the Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor were summarily shot by Indonesian security forces.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydWe have no reliable evidence to substantiate these allegations.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has regarding the Indonesianisation of East Timor with reference to educational and language policies.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 20 January 19921The educational policies and curriculum in East Timor are similar to those applied in schools throughout Indonesia. As elsewhere, there are a number of Catholic schools in East Timor. One of these in Dili teaches in Portuguese. The official language of government in East Timor is Indonesian.