To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement concerning the recent violence in East Timor. [82465]

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Lichfield (Mr. Fabricant) on 26 April 1999, Official Report, column 31.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of the killing of refugees at a church in Liquica, East Timor, on 6 April. [82500]

We have received reports that on 6 April a number of civilians, who had sought refuge in a church in Liquica, East Timor, were killed during a violent clash with a pro-Indonesia militia group. The number of casualties remains unclear, as does the role of the Indonesian security forces in the incident.