Indonesia wants 'Balibo Five' film to include its point of view

Updated June 27, 2008 22:15:44

Indonesia's foreign ministry says a new Australian film about the deaths of five foreign journalists in East Timor in 1975 should include Indonesia's point of view.

The movie, "Balibo," is being filmed in the northern Australian city of Darwin, and tells the story of five Australia-based journalists who were allegedly executed by Indonesian soldiers.

Last year an Australian inquest found the five British, Australian and New Zealand nationals were murdered in the town of Balibo to stop them exposing Indonesia's invasion of the East Timor.

Indonesia has always maintained the five were accidentally killed in crossfire.

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