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  • Indonesians say Balibo probe will do harm

    09/09/2009 7:46:27 PM PDT · by myknowledge · 211+ views
    The Canberra Times ^ | September 10, 2009 | Philip Dorling
    Indonesian officials believe a new probe into the deaths of the Balibo Five could damage relations between the archipelago nation and Australia. It was announced yesterday that Australian Federal Police would launch a war crimes investigation into the 1975 killing of five Australian-based newsmen at Balibo in East Timor. Television journalists Greg Shackleton and Malcolm Rennie, cameramen Gary Cunningham and Brian Peters and sound recordist Tony Stewart died in October 1975 after trying to film Indonesian troops as they invaded the former Portuguese colony. Robert Connolly's film Balibo released last month, reignited community passion about the tragic episode. The families...