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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:42:00 +0200
Juan Carlos Arevalo: I would like to begin with the important point of the resumption of command of the PNTL. Within this process, we are trying to achieve four basic conditions to allow PNTL to resume command and be in charge of law enforcement in the country.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:21:00 +0200
PM Gusmao thanks residents for weapons surrender - UN concerns about human rights violation by PNTL - Gusmao should also face inquiry, says Fretilin's Branco - F-FDTL proposes US $ 10 million to be allocated to defense force's programs - UN will handover mandate to Timorese police
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:48:00 +0200
ABC News 04/09/2008 The former lover of East Timor rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, who is accused of being involved in an assassination attempt on the East Timor President, says bureaucratic delays by the Australian Government are preventing her from defending herself.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:42:00 +0200
Decree-Law that changes the Organic Law of the Government - Decree-Law that changes the structure of the Ministry of State Administration - Decree Law that approves the Public Defender Statutes - A presentation of the National Housing Recovery Policy
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:49:00 +0200
By Patrick OConnor 2 September 2008 Two leaked autopsy reports definitively refute the official version of the events of February 11 in East Timor, according to which former major Alfredo Reinado had engaged in a shoot-out with President Jose Ramos Horta's security forces while attempting to storm the president's residence.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:34:00 +0200
04 Sep 2008 12:01:28 GMT By Tito Belo DILI, (Reuters) - The U.N. mission in East Timor said on Thursday it expected the country's police force to take over full responsibility for security from the international force by May 2009.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:26:00 +0200
Today, the Secretary of State for Social Assistance and Natural Disasters, Jacinto Rigoberto Gomes, announced that as of yesterday, 1 September, each of the 15 MSS verification teams is accompanied by two PNTL officers from the Dili Taskforce.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:35:00 +0200
Around 4,000 traditional and automatic weapons collected in three districts - Govt not responsible for the removal of the IDPs at the former AsPol - Court does not receive request of canceling pardon for prisoners, says Horta - Government to produce new investment law, says Joao Goncalves - PSD nominates a candidate to replace Papito Monteiro - UN has no relation with the establishment of international investigative commission, says Lasama - Asanami faces inquiry
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:19:00 +0200
SMH 04/09/2008 - Australian troops in East Timor still have work to do in the fledgling nation, an Australian military leader says, despite East Timor's prime minister saying a reduction in numbers could begin as early as next year.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:48:00 +0200
Lindsay Murdoch in Darwin 4 September 2008- EAST TIMOR'S top prosecutor, Longuinhos Monteiro, is flying to Canberra to be briefed on the investigation into the February 11 dawn attacks in Dili...The investigation led by Mr Monteiro is at a critical impasse. Evidence gathered over the past seven months suggests Reinado may have been set up for execution in a conspiracy that includes at least one of his trusted lieutenants.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:17:00 +0200
The President of the Republic publicly expressed its satisfaction with the decision of the Court of Appeal to refuse a request for annulment of presidential pardons decreed on May 20, 2008. The Court of Appeal refused the request of Mrs Fernanda Borges and a group of others to declare invalid the presidential decree that pardoned some of the penalties to a few dozen prisoners in Becora.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:31:00 +0200
On 1 September, the PNTL started to execute the eviction order that was issued by the Ministry of Justice for the land at Aspol. Prior to any camp movement, MSS has explained to the residents of the camp that there are a number of areas of government land that IDPs cannot return to, even if they were living there prior to April 2006, as these have been set aside for future government buildings, in particular: the land in front of Mercado Lama, the ex-UIR compound in Fatuhada, and Aspol.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:28:00 +0200
PNTL still needs UN: Timorese police commander - Verification team of MSS beaten - Corruption cases not yet registered at Dili's court - Security forces set deadline for residents to hand over illegal weapons - Metinaro youths calls on Government to continue operation of recalling illegal weapons - No action taken yet against illegal fishing in Viqueque, says F-FDTL officer
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:34:00 +0200
By Simon Roughneen DILI - East Timor's post-independence politics have confounded outside observers, and for the most part the Timorese themselves. Simultaneously transparent and opaque, what was thought to be a mono-cultural, impoverished, Western-backed, state-building poster-child has morphed into a divided half-island, with obscure tribal-linguistic rivalries once considered dormant since stirred by political rivalries and manifested in quasi-mysterious gangs.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:35:00 +0200
For the part six weeks, a group of forensic anthropologists from Australia and Argentina have been in East Timor searching for a mass grave allegedly used to bury hundreds of East Timorese killed by Indonesian troops in 1991.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:32:00 +0200
The Australian Paul Toohey 02 September 2008 - VICTOR and Teresa de Sousa were friends of Alfredo Reinado's lover, Angie Pires, and had come to know the rebel leader. Reinado was charming and edgy; they sometimes went to the hills to lunch with him. On this day, February 10, he took them by surprise with a remark that would, in hindsight, carry heavy meaning."If I die tomorrow, what will you put on my grave?" Reinado asked.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:31:00 +0200
Members of East Timor's National Parliament were furious over the results of Alfredo Reinado Alves' autopsy being leaked recently. The autopsy, which was carried out by an Australian forensic laboratory, found that Reinado was shot at close range. According to parliamentarians, only the East Timor's Attorney-General's Office had the authority to release the report.
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:26:00 +0200
State secretary for cooperative and rural development resigns - UN will not leave Timor-Leste - Parliament to set up national anti-corruption networks - Parliament can amend resolution of setting up international investigative commission
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:24:00 +0200
Security forces remove IDPs forcedly - 7 foreign ships spotted in Viqueque again - Local population handed in traditional home-made weapons - Spain to allocate 209,000 to human rights sector - Justice Minister Launches Training for Prison Guards
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:42:00 +0200
ABC Online 1 September 2008 20:30:09 East Timor's six month gun amnesty has ended. The opposition is describing it as pointless, saying the government should be trying to recover the weapons taken from police during the 2006 crisis. But the government is now focusing on getting its new gun law through parliament.
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:56:00 +0200
Australian Forensic Team has no right to publicise investigative findings, says AMP's da Costa - UN urges Timor's Police to be professional - Killers of Lobato's relatives deserve 100 years in prison, says Ramos Horta - UN disagrees on setting up international investigative commission, says CNRT MP - Difficult to Reform PNTLs Mentality, says former PM - Police officers to be certificated in training
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:24:00 +0200
Radio New Zealand 29 August 2008 East Timor's prime minister says he hopes over the next year New Zealand troops will no longer be needed to maintain law and order.
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:24:00 +0200
Baucau, 22 August As part of the Governments ongoing weapons collection campaign, citizens in Buibau Village, Baucau Sub-district surrendered quantities of old ammunition and military equipment to representatives of the F-FDTL and PNTL on 9 August.
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:30:00 +0200
East Timor's Popular Women's Organization (OPMT) urged the National Parliament Wednesday (27/8) to speed up the abortion law to save women's lives and to prevent criminalization of abortion practices in the country.
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:25:00 +0200
President Horta proposes international investigation into murder of Lobato family members - Martial Arts Groups say "Yes To Peace!" - Government officials should stay away from corruption, says Deputy PM - Procurement is no place for corruption, collusion and nepotism, says Soares - Timorese Democratic Progressive League stops cooperating with CNE
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:34:00 +0200
Radio Televisaun Timor Leste, 26 August - Dili District Police Commander, Inspector Pedro Belo has called on all residents in the capital Dili to hand over illegal weapons which are still at large within the community to the security forces.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:33:00 +0200
Radio Timor Leste 26 August 2008 - Police conducted an operation against illegal gambling in different parts of the East Timorese capital, Dili.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:31:00 +0200
Hukum dan Politik, Gatra Nomor 42 7 Sept 2004 - The man who admits to being ex-army of the Satu Kompi Brawijaya Division and appeared keen to admit that, due to feelings of frustration and stress, ongoing for years, he could no longer keep quiet about the connection with the involvement of the military operation ABRI/POLRI in East Timor from the year 1994 to the end of 1996.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:25:00 +0200
In an interview with AFP in Sydney, Australia, this week, East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has foreshadowed constitutional reform and strong anti-corruption laws in the grief-stricken nation.
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:46:00 +0200
Prosecutor General meets with President Horta - AMP Government afraid of setting up investigative commission - Residents continue handing over illegal weapons - Reinado's father urges the country's authorities to publicise investigative findings
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:46:00 +0200
Justice Ministry opens door for PDHJ's investigation - East Timor's Immigration Police and Dili's Task Force detain ten foreigners - CNRT and Fretilin urge Public Prosecution to charge recent crises master mind - Combating corruption should begin from the top: Mari Alkatiri - Government approaches UN for setting up investigative commission
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:26:00 +0200
Dili, 18 August 2008 DISPATCH No: 023/IVGC/PM I agree with the conclusions reached by the Instructor of the ordered Investigation Procedure. The facts reported are particularly serious as they occurred within the PNTL, an Institution that is required to promote and strengthen trust in the community in regard to the actions it performs.
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:14:00 +0200
The autopsy filed by Dr. Muhammad Nurul Islam into the death of Leopoldino Mendonca Exposto. The manner of death is "Homocide" caused by a gunshot injury to the head, supposedly entering through the back of the head and also fired at high-velocity from a close range.
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:12:00 +0200
The autopsy report for Alfredo Reinado conducted by Dr. Muhammad Nurul Islam of Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares, Departamento de Pathologia Forensica and observed by agents from UNPOL, PNTL and the UNDP.