Portal:Southeast Asia/2008 February 11

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February 11, 2008 (Monday) edit history watch

East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta is shot and seriously wounded in an attack at his home. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinhado, who led the attack, is killed. Gunman also attack a motorcade of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, but there are no injuries. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (Bloomberg) (New York Times) At least 11 people have been killed and hundreds of houses swept away by flash floods in East Java. (Xinhua via Hindustan Times) Former Garuda Indonesia director Indra Setaiwan is sentenced to 12 months in jail for his party in a conspiracy to murder human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who died from arsenic poisoning on a flight to Amsterdam in 2004. He was poisoned by pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto, who was earlier sentenced to 20 years in prison. (ABC News) The Singapore Flyer, the world's largest Observation wheel, made its first spin. (Reuters) (CNA)