Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Inquest begins into Balibo Five death

"A coronial inquest has begun in Sydney into the death of one of five Australian journalists killed in East Timor in 1975.
Brian Peters, 26, was one of five men working for Australian television networks who was killed at Balibo while covering the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
The counsel assisting the coroner has told the inquest that eye witness evidence will be called to show that the men were attempting to surrender to Indonesian forces when they were either shot or stabbed.
The inquest, at Glebe Coroner's Court, is expected to hear from a significant number of Timorese witnesses but no Indonesian witness has been made available."

Read the article from ABC News here.