TEMPO.CO, Kupang - The government of Indonesia and Timor Leste still have issues concerning the border with a broadest of 1,211.7 hectares between the two countries, which is located in a disputed two-point boundary.
"There is still a two-point boundary hat has yet to be solved between Indonesia and Timor Leste," said the Head of Korem 161, Wira Sakti Kupang Operational Section, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Lieutenant Colonel Waris Ari Nugroho, earlier today.
The two-point boundary that is still disputed is Oepoli Village, Kupang District, bordering with Oecusse, Timor Leste, with a broadest of 1,069 hectares.
The area consists of one village, Naktuka, occupied by 45 households located in the free zone, but they receive more attention from the government of Timor Leste. "The Indonesian government doesn’t take care of the residents in Naktuka, so they are taken care of by the neighboring country," Waris said.
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