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State Secretary of Security doesn’t pay attention to police: NGO
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 3 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe Director for the National NGO “Labeh” Christopher Henry Samson said the State Secretary of Security is not paying enough attention to local police officers currently conducting operations in the Bobonaro and Kovalima districts.Resistance Organization denies involvement in fraud crime
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 3 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe Timorese Resistance Organization “CPD-RDTL” has denied allegations made by the Parliamentary President Fernando “Lasama” Araujo saying the organization’s followers have engaged in fraud and other illegal activities.Parliamentary women groups calls on security authorities to investigate gender violence
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 3 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe Parliamentary women groups President, Maria Paixão, has called for the country’s security authorities to launch an investigation into violence against women in the Kovalima and Bobonaro districts.UNMIT to continue supporting elections for municipal assembly: Haq
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 3 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorSpecial Representative of the UN Secretary General, Ameerah Haq said the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) would continue helping the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) in the process of municipal assembly’s elections.Aderito de Jesus Soares elected for KAK commissary
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe Timorese Parliament has officially elected Aderito de Jesus Soares to take up the post of the anti-corruption (KAK) commissary. De Jesus defeats two other candidates, Timorese current ombudsman of human rights and justice, Sebastião Diaz Ximenes and the ex-deputy Prosecutor General Ivo Valente. Aderito de Jesus Soares wins with 40 votes in favor, Sebastião gets 19 votes and Ivo Valente gets three votes.Fretilin does not trust in Aderito de Jesus Soares
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorFretilin Chief of Bench, Aniceto Guterres said his party was doubtful with credibility and independence of the elect-commissary for the anti-corruption commission (KAK), Aderito de Jesus Soares.Woodside Company to take final decision on greater sunrise gas and oil field
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe Woodside Company and its venture will make final decision on the concept and plans to develop the Timorese Greater Sunrise’s gas and oil field in the first quarter of 2010.More than 20 accused reconstruct process of attacking on Horta’s residence
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe Dili District has today (1/2) presented more than 20 accused to reconstruct process of attacking on President Jose Ramos Horta’s residence.
Lasama visits Bobonaro and Kovalima to look at security situationTimor Post , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorParliamentary President Fernando “Lasama” Araujo has recently visited the Bobonaro and Kovalima districts to take a closer look at the security situation being faced by local residents.Electricity state secretary incapable: Fretilin MP
Timor Post , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorFretilin MP Inacio Moreira has strongly criticized Electricity State Secretary, Januario Pereira saying he is incapable of managing electricity in Timor-Leste. He says that Mr Peneira is responsible for the recent blackouts in Dili.Lasama calls for National Police to lower the Illegal organization’s flag in Suai
Suara Timor Loro Sa’e , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe Parliamentary President Fernando “Lasama” de Araujo has called for the Timorese National Police (PNTL) in Suai, in the Kovalima and Bobonaro Districts, to lower flags for the ex Timorese resistance organization CPD-RDTL.Timorese Army and Police to hunt Ninja gangs
Suara Timor Loro Sa’e , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorTimorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) Chief of State, Colonel Filomeno Paixão has threatened local martial arts/ninja gangs with Timorese Army intervention if they do not cease violent activities.Timorese Police Commander doubtful UN can ensure peace
Suara Timor Loro Sa’e , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorTimorese Police Commander, Commissary Longuinhos Monteiro has cast doubt on the United Nations ability to ensure peace in Timor-Leste.
Kopassus – tactical inside story of controversial elite force
Kopassus: The elite forces used in colonial repression in East Timor and West Papua. Photo: Kopassus
Pacific Scoop:
Review – By Ezki Suyanto
At one point during Aceh’s nearly 35-year battle for autonomy from Indonesia, a woman approached an officer at a military post in the village of Trio.
The Acehnese woman alleged that she had been raped by a member of the Kopassus, also known as the Indonesian army’s Special Forces.
An investigation was launched into the matter. It was decided that the rape never took place.
Later, it was revealed that the woman had a relationship with the soldier.
This story, among many others, can be found in Kopassus Untuk Indonesia (Kopassus for Indonesia), a book which claims to give the “inside story” on the army’s Special Forces.
While going into the history of the elite force and explaining its daunting selection and training process, it is apparent that Kopassus published the book to “clarify” and “justify” its use of force in military operations and conflict zones.
The group, known for its strategic warfare tactics, appears to have deployed the same skill in this publication — using civilian writers to tell its side of the story to gain public acceptance.
Civilian reporters
This book, published in January, marks the first time that a book on Kopassus has been written by civilian
reporters. As such, the narrative about the country’s most elite force has garnered a great deal of attention from both activists and observers.
Authors Iwan Santosa and E.A. Natanegara’s 351-page book is broken down into six chapters. One delves into the history of Kopassus and illustrates why only the country’s fittest and smartest make it. The intensive selection process that new recruits undergo is explained in detail.
“Once during survival training at Situ Lembang [West Java], I inspected my equipment and my students,” says Letkol Iwan Setiawan, the head of the training command, in the book.
“One student was missing. We searched for him for an entire night. He showed up at 8 am the next morning. We asked him what had happened and he claimed that an old man had helped guide him back to the mountain. We do not know whether it was true or not, but it showed that he was a coward.”
According to the book, the final test for new recruits is a 500-kilometer march from Batujajar [West Java] to Cilacap [Central Java]. The entire journey takes five days and nights of walking, and the cadets can only rest for meals. They receive the coveted red beret if they reach Cilacap on time.
“They forget all their suffering and what they had to endure when they receive the red beret,” Setiawan says.
The most interesting part of the book by far is the description and depiction of Kopassus’s involvement in conflicts in Aceh, East Timor, Poso, Ambon and Papua.
Defending Indonesia
According to Kopassus, they were defending Indonesia from breaking up, as Aceh and Papua were waging armed insurgencies to break away from Jakarta rule.
At the same time, they were aware that the public did not like them because of the military operations that they carried out.
Human rights groups have routinely accused Kopassus of murder, rape, robbery and torture during their tour of duty in the tho troubled provinces.
Kopassus denies all the accusations, saying that it was the separatist Free Aceh movement (GAM) who was responsible for the human rights violations that took place during the insurgency.
The book recounts an incident when an Acehnese female reporter, Cut Aisyah, reported a soldier to the Military Police for allegedly kidnapping her husband.
Commander Major General Syamsul Jalal investigated the case.
“We still doubt the veracity of the report and the accuracy of the evidence. Every woman who reports anything related to violence will get compensation,” says Major Ari Yulianto, who was on duty when Cut
Aisyah lodged her report.
Chinese community
The book also tells how Kopassus protected the Chinese community during the May riots in Jakarta in 1998.
“There was a rumor that we were taking bribes of Rp 2 million [$210] from the community,” says Letkol Doni Munardo, who was Jakarta battalion commander. “I assure you it is not true.”
The book only twice mentions the name most often associated with Kopassus: that of Prabowo Subianto, one of its most famous and formidable leaders, who has now turned politician. He is mentioned as commanding the rescue operation to free a hostage from Mapenduma, and when he led an expedition to conquer Mount
Everest.
Prabowo, the former son-in-law of the late President Suharto, wielded tremendous power when he led Kopassus.
There are no details about the missing activists who were abducted at the time, an issue that brought about the fall of Prabowo’s military star. As of today, 13 activists remain missing.
Source: Jakarta Globe and Pacific.Scoop
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National NGO makes plea for school building upgrade in Bazartete
Timor Newsline , 2 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorLuta Hamutuk [a national NGO] has urged the Education Minister, João Cancio Freitas to fix the Fatumasi Filial Primary School building in Bazartete, as soon as possible. The NGO has conducted research into the building and found it unsuitable for teaching children. The building lacks basic facilities such as chairs and tables for students and teachers.President Horta: “PNTL should learn as much as possible from the UN Police, while they remain in Timor-Leste”
Diario Nacional , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorPresident Jose Ramos Horta has called for the Timorese National Police (PNTL) to work more effectively with the United Nations Police while the UN remains in East Timor.National Hospital Administrator to make proposal for new maternity unit
Diario Nacional , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe National Hospital Guido Valadares (HNGV) administrator, Manuel Gago Exposto says that the hospital will make a proposal to the United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNPFA) to get funding for their maternity unit.MP Bisoi: “National Police officers involved in recent fatal martial arts street clash”
Diario Nacional , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorMaria “Bisoi” da Câmara from the National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) has revealed that some of the Timorese National Police (PNTL) officers were involved in a recent martial arts clash, which left a young man dead.MP Menezes : “Timor-Leste should have a nationalised oil company”
Diario Nacional , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorMP Rui Menezes from Democratic Party (PD) has said that Timor-Leste should have a national company that could compete to explore oil and gas in the Timor Sea.”Commerce Minister Alvez to resign from Government Post”
Diario Nacional , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorMinister for Commerce, Tourism and Industry, Gil da Costa Alves has said that he will resign from his post if the Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão calls for a re-shuffle.18 Displaced Families yet to return home
Diario Nacional , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorEighteen of the internally displaced people (IDP) who are currently living in the Tasitolu Quarantine Area have not returned home yet as they wait for a resettlement policy from the Government.Good conscience necessary to combat corruption: Academic
Timor Post , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorA University of Dili academic Alarico Mendonca Tilman from the University of Dili said he was not concerned about who would take up the post of the anti-corruption (KAK) commissary, but that a good conscience would be necessary to help combat corruption in the country.
Community urges punishment for violent criminalsTimor Post , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe communities in Zumalai of Kovalima district have urged the Government to punish three local men Cornelio, Joaquim Saka and Karau Timor, as they believe the group have engaged in threatening people in that district.Horta supports police to prohibit resistance organization from raising flag
Timor Post , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorPresident Jose Ramos Horta said he agreed with the Timorese National Police Commander (PNTL), Longinhos Monteiro’s policy of prohibiting the CPD-RDTL [a Timorese Resistance Organization] from raising their flag within the community.District Police Commander concerned about dismissal of PNTL officers in Lautem
Timor Post , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorLautem District Police Commander, Olavio Cristovão said he was concerned about the decision to sack two of his police officers by the Timorese National Police (PNTL) general commander.Lasama calls for CPD-RDTL and Bua-malus to set up political party
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorParliamentary President Fernando “Lasama” de Araujo has called for CPD-RDTL [a Timorese resistance organization] and “Bua-malus” to set up a political party not to influence people with various of propaganda.Lasama calls for residents not to give any group chance
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorParliamentary President Fernando “Lasama” Araujo has called for residents to cooperate with security authorities by informing them about illegal activities held by CPD-RDTL and “Bua-malus”, as such activities had made people concerned.Court to take final indictment against “Kiak”
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico JuniorThe Dili District will make final indictment against Frederio Florindo known as Kiak on Monday next week, as he is suspected of being engaged in killings in 2006’s crises.Witness Isac does not want to indicate rebel who shoots Horta
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste , 1 February 2010- Summary by Alberico Junior
Timor cane toad search draws blank
February 1st, 2010
Asian toad
A DARWIN man has spent three weeks in East Timor searching for cane toads after a report Interfet soldiers may have brought the pests into the country.
Rob Wesley-Smith found none of the cane toad variety, but plenty of similar looking Asian toads.
Mr Wesley-Smith said it had only been "southerners" who had claimed to have found the cane toad in East Timor.
So, armed with a stuffed cane toad, courtesy of Darwin Lord Mayor Graeme Sawyer, he set out to see if any of the dreaded bufo marinus had crossed the Timor Sea.
After three weeks on the hunt Mr Wesley-Smith concluded the only toad introduced to East Timor was the Asian toad, brought in by Indonesian troops during the Timorese occupation.
"I didn't see any cane toads in East Timor, didn't meet anyone who reliably could claim to have seen one," Mr Wesley-Smith said.
"(I did see) plenty of similar Asian toads, which appear to be spreading."
Mr Wesley-Smith said the Asian toads were causing similar problems in East Timor as the dreaded cane toads of the Northern Territory.
"We have heard about snakes eating them and dying so the mouse population increases," he said.
Source: NT News
Leitura husi Deputadu Jose Manuel Fernandes
FRENTE REVOLUCIONÁRIA DO TIMOR-LESTE INDEPENDENTE
FRETILIN
BANCADA PARLAMENTAR
DEKLARASAUN POLITIKA
Díli, 1 Fevereiru 2010
Oras ne’e daudaun komesa mosu hikas fali expekulasaun iha Media,
Jornais balun iha Timor-Leste, wainhira Rai Los hetan Liberdade
Kondisional.
Hahalok hirak ne’e kontinua hakarak halo buat nebe bosok sai fali
tebes, ho lian Portugues dehan nune’e “ Fazer da mentira a verdade “. Oras ne’e sira tauk ona, tan ne’e, sira hakarak repete fali cenários bosok nian nebe sira halo iha Krise tinan 2006 liu ba.
Pergunta mak ne’e, se mak hari’i Grupo Sekreto ne’e? se mak fó naran
ba Grupo Sekreto ne’e? No se mak hili Rai Los ka Vicente da Conceição tur nu’udar Komandante ba Grupo Sekreto ne’e?
Mai ita hakiduk fali ba kotuk, iha loron Julgamento Kamarada Rogério
Lobato nian, hodi nune’e ita hotu bele hatene lolos Grupo Sekreto ne’e se nian! Atu nune’e ita lalika moris tan tuir rumoris no sai fali atan ba expekulasaun baratu hirak ne’e.
Iha pleno Tribunal durante Julgamento Kamarada Rogério Lobato nian,
tuir Rai Los iha tempo neba nu’udar sasin, Rai Los rasik deklara ba
Juiz nune’e: “Grupo Sekreto ne’e Rai Los rasik mak hari’i eh hamoris, no Rai Los ho nia membro sira hili malu, nune’e membro sira ne’e mak hili Rai Los nu’udar Komandante ba Grupo Sekreto ne’e”!
Ami sugere ba maluk sira atu husu ba Rai Los, Mateus Arakat iha nebe? Oinsa to’o oras ne’e Mateus Arakat nia oin ita la hetan? Tansa no tan se, halo Mateus Arakat halai tiha ba Kupang, hodi lakohi fila mai Timor-Leste atu ba hatan iha Tribunal mos? Ba buka fali serbisu iha Aqua Mor iha Kupang neba, husik tiha fatin hanesan Empresário iha Timor-Leste, sai fali staff ka manager ba Kompanhia Aqua Mor iha Kupang.
Oinsa to’o oras ne’e sei dehan no expekula nafatin katak Grupo
Sekreto ne’e FRETILIN nian?
Se nune’e dunik, nu’udar Komandante ba Grupo Sekreto FRETILIN nian,
tan sa Rai Los sai fali Direktor ba Kampanha Kandidato DR José Ramos
Horta no Direktor ba Kampanha Sr. Xanana Gusmão ho CNRT nian iha
Likisa durante kampanha Presidencial no Legislativas iha 2007?
Maluk sira hotu nanok tiha, maluk sira hotu halo an delek tiha, lakohi buka hatene tiha, buka deit inventa istória hodi denigre nafatin FRETILIN nia imagem. Ami husu ba maluk sira atu lalika hala’o nafatin politika invasor nian iha RDTL independente, tanba politika de perseguisaun no denigre imagem FRETILIN nian ne’e só bele halo iha tempo okupasaun nia laran, keta sai nafatin kaki tangan ba Bapak sira.
Buka mos atu hatene faktus seluk nebe imi rai hela iha Arquivo. Rai
Los simu kilat iha loron 10 fulan Maio 2006 no loron 19 fulan Maio
tinan ne’e dunik ( 2006 ), Rai Los iha tiha ona Komando Xanana Gusmão nian, ne’e cenário saida nian no se nian los? Loke uit-oan ita nia matan halo luan hodi hare no ikus liu bele hatene lolos faktus hirak ne’e hatudu saida, atu nune’e ita ida-idak bele hola koklusaun nebe los no iha logika kona ba Grupo Sekreto ne’e.
Pergunta mak ne’e, se Rai Los sai nu’udar Komandante ba Grupo Sekreto FRETILIN nian, oinsa Rai Los hamri’ik fali nu’udar Direktor Kampanha ba Kandidato DR. José Ramos Horta no Direktor Kampanha ba Sr. Xanana Gusmão ho CNRT iha eleisoins Presidenciais no Legislativas 2007? Ne’e só bele akontese iha Timor-Leste deit! Mai ita ida-idak buka resposta ba pergunta oan hirak iha leten ne’e.
New UN envoy assesses progress made by Timorese police force
Timorese police officer
Ms. Haq, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, stopped earlier this week at police stations in Lautem, the easternmost district in the country and the first in which the UN mission, known as UNMIT, handed over responsibilities to the Timorese National Police (PNTL) last May.
“I am impressed by the level of organization and professionalism displayed by PNTL officers in Lautem district, as well as the continuing working relationship with UNPOL [UN Police] officers who now focus on monitoring and mentoring their PNTL colleagues in that district,” she said.
The official also visited neighbouring Baucau, which is set to assume responsibility over policing duties pending final preparations by the Government. There, she met with the local Acting District Administrator Antonio Guterres, judges, lawyers, prosecutors and court officials.
“The courts and police are part of one justice system,” she underscored. “For citizens to have confidence in the rule of law, both aspects of the justice system need to function well and be responsive to the needs of communities.”
The UN has been handing over policing responsibilities to Timor-Leste as part of the gradual transfer of the security functions it assumed in 2006 after dozens of people were killed and 155,000 others – or about 15 per cent of the population – were driven from their homes in an eruption of violence in the newly independent country.
Last month, the PNTL resumed responsibility over the Police Intelligence Service, the seventh police entity that UNMIT has handed back.
PNTL has already resumed responsibility in four districts – Lautem, Oecusse, Manatuto and Viqueque – as well as for the Police Training Centre and the Maritime Unit.
UNMIT, set up in 2006 to replace several earlier missions in the small South-East Asian country that the UN shepherded to independence in 2002 after it voted to separate from Indonesia, currently has some 1,550 police and 30 military liaison officers on the ground.
Source: UN NEWS CENTRE
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