Bahasa Indonesia Headlines ­ Thursday 12 July 2001

Luis Carrilho: The law does not recognize ‘public figures’

Suara Timor Lorosae

“All people are equal in the eyes of the law and no one is above it, regardless of whether he or she is a renown public figure,” said Civpol spokesperson Luis Carrilho yesterday.

Carrilho was commenting on Dr Sergio Lobo’s arrest by Civpol.

“I understand that he is an intellectual and a medical doctor. But I stress that no one is above the law ­ and the same applies in Timor Lorosae,” he said.

“The judiciary is independent and it will not bow to pressure from any institution or influential people.”

Carrilho said in Civpol’s investigations on Dr Sergio Lobo, a special skills investigator was used.

Carrilho also said Civpol was seeking five people involved in damaging property at the Hotel Audian, where Dr Sergio Lobos’s wife was allegedly assaulted.

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