East Timor: Plea made for refugees to return home

East Timor’s independence leader Xanana Gusmao travelled to the neighbouring Indonesian province of West Timor today in another effort to persuade about 50,000 remaining refugees to return home.

Gusmao, accompanied by his Australian wife Kirsty and infant son, met West Timor governor Piet Tallo in the capital Kupang shortly after touching down at El-Tari airport.