Jakarta – Pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico Guterres declared Tuesday that a stoning attack against a United Nations post in the East Timor town of Maliana was a "spontaneous" public reaction against an alleged pro-independence bias by the UN Mission in East Timor (UNAMET).

"Many Timorese don't like UNAMET because it's not neutral. Today in Maliana people were rather irritated and reacted against UNAMET", Eurico Guterres told journalists in Jakarta, where he is attending ongoing East Timor peace and reconciliation talks.

He was particularly harsh in his criticism of UNAMET spokesman David Wimhurst. "I hate David Wimhurst. I want him to go away [from Timor] immediately. If he doesn't, then I don't know what will happen", the Aitarak leader said, adding that he would ask the UN to replace Wimhurst.

The Aitarak militia has been blamed for numerous acts of violence in recent months, including the mid-April killings of dozens of people during a rampage against independence supporters in Dili, the East Timor capital.