DILI, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Some 2,000 Indonesians still stayed in Dili, the strife-torn Timor-Leste capital, waiting for evacuation by their government, the website of Jakarta Post reported Tuesday.

    In the past three days, the Air Force has airlifted about 1,000 Indonesians from Dili, it said.

    The National Police's senior liaison officer at the Indonesian Embassy in Dili, Sr. Comr. Minton Mariaty Simanjuntak, urged all remaining Indonesians to immediately register at the embassy for evacuation.

    Some 750 Indonesian citizens were airlifted by a Hercules aircraft over the weekend, and 250 others on Monday, to Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.

    The evacuees -- most of them women and children -- were taken to a makeshift shelter at a handicraft promotion center to receive food and medical checkups.

    Some had already left for their hometowns, while others were waiting to be picked up by relatives, it reported.

    Tension has been high in Dili since some 600 people were sacked from the military in April. The deserters were believed to set fire on houses and exchange shootings with East Timor soldiers.

    Later they moved to mountains, but rioters took to streets and continued the violence.

    More than 20 people have been killed and dozens wounded ever since.

    Timor-Leste was part of Indonesia in 1976 after centuries of Portuguese control.

    The country became independent in 2002 following a referendum in 1999. Enditem