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Anger as E.Timor's last Indonesian governor acquitted of rights abuses
JAKARTA (AFP) - The only Indonesian jailed for abuses during East Timor (news - web sites)'s violence-marred independence vote has been cleared on appeal in a move that has angered rights groups and embarrassed the Jakarta government.
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Abilio Soares, the last Indonesian governor of East Timor who was jailed for three years in July, could be released Friday following a Supreme Court ruling acquitting him of crimes against humanity during the UN-backed referendum.

The court said that because East Timor was under military rule at the time of the bloodshed, the civilian governor was not responsible, spokesman Joko Upoyo told AFP.

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