Sydney – Indonesia is preparing for a massive post-ballot slaughter in East Timor – exacting retribution in blood on East Timorese for refusing to bow to the reign of terror and vote for the integration of their country into Indonesia.

The Head of CNRT (National Council for Timorese Resistance) in Australia, Joco Carrascalco, said today this is the real meaning of leaked Indonesian plans for the hurried evacuation of its public servants and "transmigrasi" from East Timor when East Timorese vote against integration in the UN-supervised ballot.

"We had news of this about two months ago. We distributed it at the time, but apart from the media in Portugal, the world took no notice.

"The important thing is that our people have seen both halves of the plan. The evacuation is the first half. The second half is that having cleared Indonesian civilians out of the way, the Indonesian army and its militia thugs plan to go on the rampage.

"They are planning a massacre of such magnitude that the killings of the past few months – in which they have killed hundreds, perhaps thousands of East Timorese – will look, like a mere beginning.

"We have warned before and will warn again now – Indonesia has cached huge stocks of weapons within East Timor. Their reinforced army will be on full combat alert within minutes of the border.

They have put hundreds of Kopassus and army officers and men into East Timor posing as civilians and police. They have taken direct control of the militias on the ground. They are actively training their few supporters to kill and preparing them to bring out their hidden arms and start shooting immediately Indonesia gives the order after the ballot."

Mr Carrascalco said the Indonesian claim that they were concerned about East Timorese revenge against Indonesian nationals was "complete rubbish; the usual Indonesian disinformation".

"They massacre independence supporters and try to blame the pro-independence groups for that. They plan a massacre, so they point the finger at the peaceful East Timorese again. It is the Indonesian way."