Indonesia, E.Timor Say to Leave Bloody Past Behind
Indonesia and East Timor pledged on Tuesday, June 05, 2007, to move forward with reconciliation despite criticism over progress at looking into the violence during the tiny nation's 1999 vote for independence from Jakarta. The two nations set up a truth commission in 2005 to investigate the bloody 1999 events. The body, modeled on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has no power to prosecute, prompting criticism from rights groups that it serves to whitewash the atrocities.