No Indonesian arrested over Ramos Horta`s shooting

National Police Chief Gen Sutanto said not a single Indonesian citizen was arrested and being questioned in connection with the shooting of Timor Leste President Ramos Horta last February.

"Not a single Indonesian citizen has been arrested. All the people we are now questioning (in relation with Horta`s shooting) are Timor Leste citizens," he told the press here on Thursday.

He said the police were questioning four Timor Leste nationals who were arrested near the Indonesia-Timor Leste border on suspicion of involvement in the attempt on Horta`s life in Dili last February. All four were Timor Leste military men who had entered Indonesia without the required legal travel documents.

Sutanto said the police were now legally processing the cases of the four Timor Leste men, adding the Timor Leste government had earlier asked for Indonesia`s assistance to take action against anybody suspected of involvement in the attempt on Horta`s life who had fled to Indonesia.