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Fury over Timor inquest

Four of the journalists killed in Balibo in October 1975, (from left) Channel Nine's Brian Peters, Channel Seven's Gary Cunningham, Greg Shackleton and Tony Stewart. THE inquest into the 1975 killings of five Australian newsmen in East Timor is threatening to blow up into a new diplomatic row with Jakarta, after it heard that two former Indonesian army officers should be prosecuted for war crimes over the deaths. The explosive recommendation came a day after a senior Indonesian politician stormed out of Australia over what he called a "humiliating" attempt by people involved with the Sydney inquiry to get him to testify. Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso, a possible presidential candidate in 2009, was meeting Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda last night to discuss his treatment in Australia. The Sydney inquest is examining the death of Brian Peters, one of the five Australian-based newsmen killed in the town of Balibo as Indonesian troops invaded East Timor on Octo