Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – An observer with the Asian Network for Free and Fair Elections (Anfrel), which monitored the East Timor independence vote in 1999, testified Wednesday that the referendum was "fair".

"There was no essential violation between the pro-integration and pro-independent groups during the referendum," Muflizar, an executive committee member of Anfrel who witnessed the referendum, told a hearing of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) at the Borobudur Hotel in Central Jakarta.

Muflizar, the 27th person to testify before the commission, said his group found only minor violations before the voting began.

"There were 42 Anfrel members to monitor the referendum in East Timor's districts, four of them Indonesians. The rest came from 14 countries," said Muflizar, who monitored the voting in Dili and Liqui