Tempo Semanal

Dili, 24 November 2009


UNPOL then known as CivPOL first came to Timor-Leste to build Timorese
police institutions during the UNTAET period from late 1999 until 20 May
2002. UNPOL continued to have executive policing responsibility for
PNTL from 2002 until 20 May 2004. From 2004 it was responsible for
mentoring PNTL until the institution for which is was responsible
collapsed as a result of public disorder in April 2006.


>From May 2002 until May 2004 now SRSG, Atul Khare, was Special Assistant
and then Chief of Staff to the then SRSG for UNMISET Kamalesh Sharma.
>From May 2004 until May 2005 Mr. Khare was DSRSG for UNMISET with Mr.
Hasegawa as SRSG. As a result of his failures in 2006 Hasegawa was
replaced. In December 2006 Mr. Khare returned to Timor-Leste as the
third choice of the UN to be the SRSG of UNMIT. After Ian Martin of the
United Kingdom and Antonio Moreira of Cape Verde.

UNMIT costs approximately 200 million USD per year. UNPOL’s costs
represent the largest single fraction of that overall cost. Salaries,
vehicles, computers, rations, housing, helicopters, paper, pens, radios,
uniforms, shipping, medals, and more medals. What value has the
international community, the PNTL and the Timorese gotten for ten years
of this pricey police project?

Third stringer Mr. Khare along with UNPOL bears the greatest
responsibility for the UN to fail to build an effective and accountable
police institution in Timor-Leste. We all remember UN Police
Commissioners de Sousa, Miller, Peisley, Tor, and now Carillho. They
have all also contributed to the almost total failure of the UN to
properly establish and then reform, restructure and rebuild our national
police service the PNTL.

Many Timorese worry that the future holds more problems when it comes
to law and order in Timor-Leste. Factionalism is rampant with the PNTL
– perhaps even worse than it was before the Crisis, and likely as a
result of wrongdoers not being punished but in actual fact promoted.
Former PNTL commanders Martins, de Jesus and now Montiero either did not
inspire confidence, or have yet to do so. Timorese have little
confidence in the police – this is partially the fault of the Timorese –
but largely the fault of the United Nations. As they have been in charge
for 7.5 of the last ten years.

In a 2008/2009 an Asia Foundation survey found that those who sought
PNTL assistance “report being treated with minimal respect and
professionalism (47%), in a verbally abusive manner (15%), and in a
physically abusive manner (19%)”.

But lets revisit the UN role and that of the primary UN leader
responsible for building the PNTL over the past 10 years, and man who
has been intimately involved from May 2002 until May 2005 – and now
again from December 2006 until 11 December 2009 when Tempo Semanal
understands that he leaves Timor-Leste. Mr. Khare.

On 25 August 2006 the United Nations Security Council passed resolution
1704 in which it mandated UNMIT “to assist with the further training,
institutional development and strengthening of the PNTL”.

On 11 January 2008 UNPOL drafted a plan called the “PNTL ORGANIZATIONAL
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR REFORM, RESTRUCTURING AND REBUILDING”. It was never
produced in a language that PNTL could read.

In a 24 November 2009 telephone interview with Fransisco Guterres
Secretary of State for Security he said that this plan, “drafted in New
York, did not fit with the reality in Timor-Leste. They were trying to
copy the plan that was designed for Kosovo and other places, which do
not apply to the Timorese context. The UN Mission just wants to impose a
model which we disagree with”.

Reform: UNPOL have presided over a reform process which has seen no
reform. This is a clear fact. Timorese all know that 99% of the police
officers who committed crimes before, during and after the 2006 Crisis
remain in the PNTL – and in many cases have been promoted. This is
clear to all Timorese, it is a dinner table fact. Just as UNPOL are
never punished for their crimes, nor are PNTL officers. In March 2007
Mr. Khare wrote a letter to the Government complaining about the
promotion of Inspectors Delfim da Silva and Jorge Monteiro – as they had
failed to pass the integrity-screening process. Khare was ignored and
has remained mute on the subject since. Ignoring his UN Security
Council mandate. The Inspectors in question are now in positions of
power in the PNTL, along with, as we all know many many others in
similar situations.

Restructuring: In 2004 the then Minister of Interior Rogerio Lobato,
with the permission of then Prime Minister Alkatiri, and the
acquiescence of the then DSRSG Khare armed a series of special police
units (the UPF, UIR and UPR) with hundreds of semi automatic police
rifles. This concerned many people at the time. These people had a
right to be afraid, as these weapons were then used extremely
irresponsibly in 2006. After the 2006 crisis virtually the whole
country was of the opinion that these weapons did not contribute to
building a “community oriented” police service, but were militarizing
the police – confusing the military and threatening the population.
Since 2006 the UN has done little if anything to try and convince the
police leadership to rid themselves of many of these weapons. Mr. Khare
has apparently never publically expressed a direct opinion in favour of
limiting these weapons. Perhaps Mr. Khare either agrees with the
policy, or is too scared to have a public opinion on the matter. Either
way we do not know as he does not speak of such things.

Tempo Semanal sources inform this newspaper that the current leadership
of the PNTL has been exploring further weapons purchases from armaments
suppliers in Java. Perhaps the same suppliers that the riot control
water cannon were procured from in April this year. Is this community
policing? What is Khare’s opinion? We do not know as he does not seem
to express opinions on these subjects. Preferring to remain mute until
he leaves. (as he did in the recent Bere case as well). Perhaps after
the next crisis for which he will bear responsibility for such as the
last one he will return as a highly paid SRSG once again?

Rebuild: The PNTL institution remains weak not only because of internal
factionalism caused by a failure to punish those who have committed
crimes but also because its facilities and support systems remain of
extremely poor quality. A recent Government / UNMIT assessment of PNTL
found that only, according to Tempo Semanal sources, a few districts
were ready for handover, despite 10 years of UN Police assistance. A
lack of working vehicles, communications systems, and other support
material are almost wholly lacking to most districts. UNMIT, UNPOL, and
Mr. Khare have failed to rebuild PNTL once again.

On 26 February 2009 in UN Security Council mandated UNMIT support “the
gradual resumption of policing responsibilities by the PNTL beginning in
2009 through a phased approach, while emphasizing that the PNTL must
meet the criteria mutually agreed between the Government of Timor-Leste
and UNMIT as set out in paragraph 21 of the report of the
Secretary-General to guarantee the PNTL’s readiness for the resumption
of such responsibilities in any given district or unit, and requests the
Government of Timor-Leste and UNMIT to cooperate with each other to
implement the resumption process, and requests UNMIT to continue to
ensure, through the presence of UNMIT police component and the provision
of support to the PNTL, the maintenance of public security in
Timor-Leste, which includes interim law enforcement and public security
until the PNTL is fully reconstituted.”

Recent media reports quote Mr. Khare as saying that UNMIT UNPOL will
begin to downsize in 2010. But only 3 districts are ready in 2009?
Perhaps it does not matter, as he will not be here to bear
responsibility for the obvious failure to handover when districts are
without adequate cars and communications systems.

A senior source within UNMIT told Tempo Semanal in recent days that “he
feels UNMIT has largely failed in achieving its mandate, especially in
regard to the reform, restructure and rebuilding of the PNTL”.

David Ximenes, former Head of CNRT Clandestine network, and Secretary
of State for Veterans Affairs under the FRETILIN Government, and now
Member of Parliament and its Committee B for National Security, Defence
and Foreign Affairs told Tempo Semanal on 24 November 2009, “Mr. Khare
did not achieve the mandate given to him by the Security Council
Resolution 1704”. With regards to the reform, restructuring and
rebuilding of the PNTL Ximenes told Tempo Semanal that “he does not know
what they have done”. “From what I see UNMIT is not doing their work.”
He added that, "its just the same faces from last time".

Tempo Semanal has obtained a copy of a recent confidential report
written for the UN titled “The UNPOL to PNTL ‘handover’ 2009: what
exactly is being handed over?” by the Conflict Prevention and Peace
Forum in New York dated 2 October 2009 written by respected PNTL scholar
Bu Wilson and Nelson Belo of Fundasaun Mahein a local NGO. In this
report they state that,

“Many leaders in Timor-Leste...have criticized the presence of
international … police. These criticisms have come from the Prime
Minister, the Secretary of State for Security and the Secretary of State
for Defence, the Chief of Staff of the F-FDTL, as well as the current
and former PNTL Commander General. These sentiments are also echoed by
opposition parties. Recent examples include a blog by the Secretary of
State for Defence, highly critical of UNMIT and UNPOL…. and a comment in
one of the daily newspapers by PNTL Commander General that translates as
“the majority of UNPOL lack capacity”.

This report concludes: “Although the situation in Timor-Leste is
currently calm and the ‘handover’ is proceeding without incident it can
not be concluded that the PNTL have been reformed in any meaningful way.
The handover of districts will become increasingly more difficult – as
more ‘problematic’ districts need to be considered. Given the poor
relationship between UNMIT/government of Timor-Leste and UNPOL/PNTL....
it is unlikely that delaying handover would have improved PNTL reform
prospects.”

Further the above report states that “It also appears that many of the
serious shortcomings of both UNPOL and PNTL, identified by [a] UN expert
policing mission in 2008, have not been addressed. The question needs to
be asked why these recommendations have not been heeded by the UNMIT
mission.” Tempo Semanal’s various sources suggest that Mr. Khare holds
ultimate responsibility on the ground for this failure.

Tempo Semanal sources say that Khare will be replaced by UN Mission
Sudan DSRSG Ameera Haq, and that he has a strong likelihood of becoming
SRSG of the UN Mission in Sudan. The President of Sudan is wanted for
war crimes, much like ex-militia Martenus Bere is. UNPOL, UNMIT, and
Khare let Bere go despite an executive mission. Sudanese no doubt will
find this of interest.


Adeus Khare, Bemvindo Haq.

Timor-Leste is confronting a crossroads -- decisions are being made which could impose a large debt repayments and other obligations on Timor-Leste's citizens and their children. To help inform this discussion and policy-making, La'o Hamutuk has launched a new web page ( http://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/debt/09Borrowing.htm) compiling information relevant to the impending decision by the Timor-Leste government to borrow money from foreign institutions or governments. This online resource includes excerpts and links to documents, analyses, laws and reports.

The following is an abridged version of the main text; the page itself has much more material. As always, we welcome information and perspectives from all sources and will update this page frequently as the situation evolves and new information becomes available.

La'o Hamutuk, 25 November 2009

Jose Texeiro, Fretilin Parliamentarian questions the need for armed
gunmen inside the Parliament of Timor Leste.




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La'o Hamutuk
Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis
I/1a Rua Mozambique, Farol, Dili, Timor-Leste
Tel: +670 332 5013 email: info@laohamutuk.org Website: www.laohamutuk.org

10 November 2009

To: Dr. Manuel Tilman
President and members of Committee C, RDTL National Parliament

CC: (1) Minister of Finance, Banking and Payments Authority,
President of Parliament (and Heads of Parties in Parliament),
Deloitte, Media, Petroleum Fund Consultative Council

Dear Mr. President and Members of Committee C, with our respect,

On 4 November, La'o Hamutuk made a submission to your Committee stating that:
"La'o Hamutuk agrees with the Government not to withdraw more than
the Estimated Sustainable Income of $502 million from the Petroleum
Fund during 2010, and we appreciate that spending will stay below the
ESI during 2009, as it did during 2008, notwithstanding budgetary
dreams to spend unsustainably."

One week later, we learned that the Ministry of Finance had
instructed the Banking and Payments Authority (BPA) to transfer a
total of $512 million from the Petroleum Fund during 2009, including
$152 million in December. This contradicts promises made when the
Government presented the draft General State Budget for 2010 to
Parliament on 15 October. Pages 16 and 28 of Book 1 (English
version), say that the Government will not transfer more money than
the Estimated Sustainable Income (ESI), $408 million, from the
Petroleum Fund during 2009.

La'o Hamutuk regrets that the information we relied on in our
submission to your Committee is no longer correct, and we too are
surprised that the Government will withdraw $104 million more than
the ESI during 2009. This will reduce the ESI in every future year by
$3.1 million, including in 2010.

Therefore, the plan in the 2010 draft budget to transfer $502 million
from the Petroleum Fund in 2010 is higher than the ESI will be ($499
million). Consequently, the draft budget violates Article 9 of the
Petroleum Fund Law, which requires the Government to provide a
detailed explanation when it proposes to transfer more than the ESI.

We believe that Parliament has a critical responsibility to examine
and improve State Finances, and it is therefore important for you to
know that there is an inconsistency between what the Government
presented in the Budget Documents and what they are actually doing.
You might want to ask the Ministry of Finance to provide further information.

On a related topic, you have seen the 4 November letter from the
Prime Minister to the President of Parliament (Ref. No
1981/GPM/XI/09) spelling out changes in the design and enlargement of
the heavy oil electricity generation and distribution project. These
alterations will increase the project cost far beyond the original
$375 million allocated in the 2009 State Budget (as discussed on
pages 11 and 12 of our Submission on the 2010 State Budget). The
Prime Minister's letter increases our concern that the appropriation
for this project in the draft 2010 State Budget ($48 million in 2010,
$73 million total) could be half a billion dollars less than the
actual project cost. It seems likely that the Government plans to
borrow this money (perhaps from China). Before approving the 2010
State Budget (which increasingly looks like an interim budget, with
many major decisions being put off until a rectification a few months
from now), we encourage Committee C to seek a full explanation of how
much this revised project will cost, how it will be financed, and how
any loan will be paid back.

We remain aware that the Petroleum Fund not only has to provide for
today's generation, but also must support the lives of our children
and grandchildren, and should be used for sustainable development of
non-oil sectors, as we all know that our oil and gas resources will
run out in less than a generation. We believe that you and other
members of Committee C share our perspective and concerns.

Thank you for your attention. We hope that this information is
helpful and welcome any comments or questions you may have for us.

Sincerely,

Juvinal Dias, Charles Scheiner, Viriato Seac
La'o Hamutuk Natural Resources Team

<http://www.youtube.com/user/aljazeeraenglish>AlJazeeraEnglish

November 08, 2009

East Timor's decision to free a former Indonesian militia leader has
created a backlash against the government.

Maternus Bere, a Timorese-born Indonesian citizen accused of crimes
against humanity, was indicted by the UN for his role in the
atrocities of 1999 that preceded the country's independence.

East Timor's supreme court is investigating whether his release was
illegal and the decision could determine whether a tribunal is set up
to try others accused of similar crimes.

Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from Dili, the capital of East
Timor, where victims' families and survivors feel that justice has
yet to prevail in one of the world's youngest nations.

Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhpAEjXQDls

Dear all

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

TIMOR-LESTE BETRAYED AND RANSACKED ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL INTEREST




By ALFREDO Ximenes

We are about two and a half years of inauguration of the Government of
the AMP, about half a mandate – 5 years – for a Government that hold in
normal time. It is enough time for us to speak of his work, what did and
did not that promised and still has not carried out , nor will meet if
continue in the route of policy that you have chosen.

Some work was done, it is true, but if you look in immense millions this
Government has had at its disposal, in addition to the huge
donations-collaborations with other countries, we have seen that the
Government was overthrown by the coup d ' état in 2006 nor one sixth of
this ceiling had. Now it is time to ask: what has the Government of the
AMP to say about this?

How does the Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão justify if had in his control
a fortune and continue almost all on the same or worse? I am referring
to 85 per cent of the population, not to about 12 per cent that of some
saw their lives improved by have some connection to the AMP such as
public employees etc. Much less perhaps around 3 per cent that are
directly associated with AMP because they are in Government or in
enterprise connected with them. Let's say that these are rounded but
whose numbers don't lack exaggeration. Probably are too benevolent
because in 2007 promised worlds and funds to the country.

What we have seen actions of this Government are the business. The
business involved in scandals of millions of dollars. What we have seen
that this Government has been able to show us newspapers and this blog,
an enormity of scandals. The scandals have brought to us by the
bitterness of shame in the countries where we lived, looking for freedom
and a decent life. In Timor-Leste there is neither freedom nor decency.
As the example comes from the "top", and that is appalling, very little
serves criticizing those who have less than one dollar per day for face
life, (evil) governed the overwhelming majority. The needy and have been
robbed by a direction headed by Xanana Gusmão and Ramos Horta.

When today we are talking about existing stability in Timor-Leste and
own rulers of AMP illusory seek and make this evidence. We know, the
Timorese and those who are familiar with East Timor, which it another
facet of the farce that Gusmão gave at beginning in 2006. The AMP, but
especially Xanana Gusmão and Ramos Horta, hate are reasons that grow in
the country. They themselves know that. They are convinced that they are
honourable of the situation that everything and all are fully
controllable. In this space of time elapsing between the rotten peace
and his "control", and the revolt guesses is growing, for them and those
closest to the surround, concern in breaking as soon as possible in the
benefit of their Bank accounts and for early enrichment and even
criminal of their family and friends. Already doing shameless accused by
Timorese and by international public opinion, but do so for fear that
the time remains can be scarce and that the day will come in that the
patience of the Timorese needy, hungry, have been robbed, will run out.
They are Xanana Gusmão, Ramos Horta, Lasama Araújo and others from the
AMP or not, that stretch the "rope" and will go to rupture and will
provide rivers of the blood that run into the sea.

It is this point of view and registering my opinion and concern in black
and white that I would like to be as direct. It is better to alert now
and try to contribute to that violence is avoided than be silencing that
many think ahead and that everyone in East Timor speak, after you make
criticisms and enunciate victims and guilty.

If all this sinister part must first be told that the ringleaders are
Xanana Gusmão, Ramos Horta and Lasama Araújo, as others, has been used
by those two who have used them.

Timor-Leste is a volcano, social indignation and other, who are burying
the crater. Evidently it will explode.

National interests

Australian Governments, the United States and Indonesia

Australian agents, North American and Indonesians have contributed
almost all for what has past negative in East Timor. We all know.

The ISF, since the first time, have sponsored and covered up agents
Timorese who were willing and have to serve them. The disposable agents
such as in the example Alfredo Reinaldo. The same is true of Horta,
Gusmão and Lasama Araújo and many more. Without the interference of
Australia, the USA and Indonesia would not have the coup d ' état in
2006. Who need more evidence?

Mainly Ramos Horta, Xanana Gusmão and Lasama Araújo, what the reasons
that they might explain, allowed serving these powers to install chaos
in Timor and overthrow a legimate Government. They allied to that always
focusing the natural resources of Timor-Leste. They betrayed the
objective for independence struggle and the enjoyment of these treasures
for needy and undeserved people. If they still don't realize this is
regrettable. But I believe they have.

It was to take this consciousness that sought to disengage if being
agents these powers and govern itself. It so happens that they no longer
can do, without that they are considered disposable. For this reason,
too, Ramos Horta was dying.

Without doubt that the Governments of Australia, who is who gives more
on views, are determined to do what best abstracted from East Timor,
partnership with the Governments of the United States and Indonesia.
Indonesia is aside and act per se, but it is always possible to reach an
agreement. And it will be. Between them would split "delight” that is
East Timor.

If had not been the avaricious attitude mainly of Ramos Horta and
Xanana Gusmão, East Timor now wasn't living this martyrdom. Could be
under pressure, but if democratic unity and defence nationals interests
had prevailed, currently the Timorese were enjoy substantial proceeds
they would have a life with dignity. Nor would such as Timor-Leste is
the world's mouths, a kind of country without direction and delivered to
corrupt, nepotism, paedophiles, perpetrators of people and goods, the
criminals who overlap those laws, Sovereign Constitution, to national
interests.

Because the perpetrators of the misfortunes Timorese know that there are
no Sun always endures nor evil that never ends, are acting hastily in
the short time that for them to be tolerated by Timorese and by its
former supporters the coup of 2006.They are between two fires. Thus,
leveraging all opportunities, graft shamelessly by chasing current
profits and future they can be useful, probably in exile.



Why understand so well that East Timor is pillage and relinquished to
the rapists of laws, the criminals. It is pure and indecent treason
so-called National interest. Horta and Xanana are hostage of its own
greediness.

Take for example the case Bere. Gusmão and Horta intend to tone down
Indonesia, their generals, his Government, and shamelessly commit crime
and release it. Not happy lie the country, his release by (false)
humanitarian reasons. Is it untruth that in this blog and probably many
observers predicted? In the case of TLN was well explicit, many weeks
ago saying that going to allege for health reason, humanitarian, lying,
because then we were informed in time from PGR sources, whose chief had
a action relevant in this untruth episode. What consideration do these
rulers reserve and those that collaborate with them? What National
interest do they represent? Their own interests, their complicity, their
commitments dishonest, it is that they represent.

These are not National interests!




________________________________________________________________________

FRETILIN

MEDIA RELEASE

Dili, 3 November 2009

Government Releases Mass killer to Indonesia: Justice and Rule of Law
dead in Timor-Leste

FRETILIN today called for a criminal investigation to be launched into
the Timor-Leste government's action in freeing the accused mass killer
Maternus Bere, who was taken to Indonesia last Friday, according to
media reports.

FRETILIN's parliamentary leader Aniceto Guterres MP said de facto Prime
Minister Xanana Gusmao and others had clearly broken the law with their
unilateral executive decision to free Bere, a former pro-Indonesian
militia commander indicted by a United Nations Serious Crimes Panel
Court for orchestrating crimes against humanity.

"Maternus Bere arrived in Indonesia on Friday and was taken to a
hospital with undisclosed health problems, said Foreign Ministry
spokesman Teuku Faizasyah. He faces no charges in Indonesia and will be
a free man after treatment," reported AP last Friday, 30 October.

Bere was indicted for his role in an attack on defenceless refugees at a
church compound in Suai on 6 September 1999, which killed and injured
over 200 people, including many women, children and old people and
three priests.

Bere, an Indonesian citizen, was arrested by Timor-Leste police in Suai
on 9 August this year. A judge ordered he be held in custody and
transferred to Dili to await trial but on 30 August - the day the
people of Timor-Leste celebrated the 10th anniversary of their vote to
break away from Indonesia -Mr. Gusmao bowed to Indonesian demands and
ordered Bere be transferred to the Indonesian Embassy in Dili.

Bere's unlawful release from custody was condemned by the President of
the Court of Appeal, Judge Claudio Ximenes, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Secretary General, Timor-Leste's
two Catholic Bishops, numerous civil society organizations, victims
groups and veterans groups.

Mr Guterres said it was clear the Gusmao de facto government had again
broken the law by secretly freeing Bere by a unilateral executive and
extra-judicial decision.

He criticized the government for their "cowardly and mafia-like conduct
in secretly transporting Bere to the border, using Timor-Leste Police
officers, before handing him over to Indonesian authorities."

"We call on the Prosecutor General to take immediate action to hold
Gusmao and others involved, accountable before the courts," Mr Guterres
said.

"We are still waiting for some indication of what the Court and or the
Prosecutor General propose to do in response to the unlawful release of
Bere from Becora prison on 30 August 2009. De facto Prime Minister
Gusmao has repeatedly said he assumes responsibility for this unlawful
action. The Court and the Prosecutorial authorities cannot just remain
silent on this issue. They must act to redress this travesty of
justice. The public has an interest in this matter, as does the
international community, the UN, victims' families and many other
people.

"There was no public disclosure that Bere was to be handed over. They
have behaved like warlords, or like a cocaine drug cartel or some
terrorist cell. Nobody was informed, the courts to our knowledge were
not involved so it was unlawful, and there was no extradition
agreement. The parliament's defence, security and foreign affairs
committee was not advised. Neither I as the leader of the opposition,
nor anyone from the opposition were advised.

"The de facto Prime Minister misrepresented to the parliament on 12
November that Bere had not been 'released' from prison, but that he had
been 'transferred' from one prison facility to another, meaning the
Indonesian embassy, which not even a child would suggest was a prison
facility.

"Now what will Gusmao say? That he transferred Bere to another country's
prison system? If media reports are correct, Bere is a 'free man'
according to the Indonesian Foreign Affairs spokesperson. So, it
certainly is not an extradition, it is an unconditional release, and
his victims have lost all avenues of redress according to law and
justice.

"This act by this de facto government, the final in a litany of
unlawful and unconstitutional acts, signals the triumph of lawlessness,
of a culture of impunity and the mortal wounding of justice and the
rule of law in Timor-Leste."


*For further information please call Jose Teixeira MP on +670 728 7080
*

Dear all

Monday, 19 October 2009

HOW CAN WE BE A SHEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF MANY WOLVES?



Tell the truth speak without fear

I cannot forget the words of a true pacifist, Martin Luther King: "It is
not a violence of few is scaring me, but the indifference of many ".

Well, frightens me is the indifference of those many … those supporting
blindly Xanana their hatred and treason and that contributed so much to
confuse the people and the World and seeing everything, have done
nothing to minimize the results already predicted, largely detrimental
to the Sovereignty of the Nation.

Some may see me simply as a rebel but not most of Timorese feel the same
way, a rebellious aware that we are into dramatic unbearable and
unstoppable, since the coup d ' état of 2006, in which we have not been
given the right of ourselves, or to protect our culture, nor our wealth,
nor sovereign interests of the nation, nor our unforgettable story.
Everything flatten was intended to be, without the right to defence. So
how can I be a sheep in the midst of many wolves? Impossible!

I continue defiant including my brothers and sisters against the AMP,
against the methods used for overthrow the legitimate Government,
against bad governance which insists on produce and protect harmful
policies, without transparency, blighting the future of the nation. As a
people that both fought to get rid of torturers murderers, feel right to
request responsibilities who allowed the nation to reach a fragile
point

The most honest and respectable act would take of fatal errors,
resulting from the coup that have undermined the nation.
.
We are entitled to continue to be a nation, to be strong and do
everything to retrieve the greatness of our ideals. Only those who do
not knows that will believe that we subjugate the vicious wolves. We
affirm we are people of peace, but we know what we want and how to
achieve this.
.
The Government AMP, the totalitarian institution absolute and oversee a
"pontificate" aspiring false "saints" and "pacifist", both dangerous by
the consequences of their actions, no political vision of the future,
adoration to arrogance, lie, dirty money and power without quality and
respect.

In the past 2006 was for East Timor the year of greater and more
furtive type of conspiracy against its history and its people. The
largest and most filthy conspiracy through unclean plans, offered
Timor-Leste to claw of foreigners and nationals without scruples,
weakening desperately the nation structures still in construction.

No, certainly are not Timorese who created a AMP based on hatred, are
aberrations of our people, because children of our people would be
unable to produce so many pitfalls against the future of East Timor.

Time passes the speed of a devastating typhoon, and AMP policies, false
and attractive, propagate a misleading wave, leading to the current new
generation to too dark crater.

East Timor could enter an unprecedented collapse if continue to be
governed by an unscrupulous "maestro" and an "Orchestra" of followers
intentionally blind. We see the development of economic policies it will
be to develop the country or will develop "pockets" of "maestro" and of
"Orchestra."

Can only be dubious rulers who produces a "referendum" package without
adequate rules, doubtful, which certainly will create more nepotism and
more discrimination.

What is behind the "referendum" package?

Will be based on principles of good governance, law enforcement and
transparency of the delivery of projects?

An issue that cannot be ignored. Everything indicates that will be an
open door to more institutionalized corruption. Approving projects "by
invitation"? This suggests something related to cronyism and expulsion
of "undesirable" persons, abandoning a fair, stable economic development
and human.

To achieve the objectives of prosperity, abundance, fraternity and
wealth, the money and power should have codes of honour, which should
preside over all political actions. That does not happen!

Transcend by most sensible to find the opposite of what which are false
policies of the AMP.

I submit to my inner rebellion, which cry which seems unending, each
Government action, instigator of the worst, and released me into words
and ideas liberating way, keeping alive the vast universe of our
liberation struggle.

A few days earlier and, another issue that we have reviewed are the
words of Xanana in Parliament, on the legitimate "censure motion". Once
again, the sad "maestro", Xanana resorted to hatred firmly inculcated in
their bones, hatred which has polluted the beauty and strength of our
fight and our Nation. Not! Cannot be the East Timorese, who expresses so
against the struggle of own Timorese and national interests.

Question why Xanana is so "slight" in assessing war crimes committed in
East Timor? Really is that Xanana suffered at the time of occupation, or
would have been one of the privileged? And if was he, why?

How many compatriots were victims of his snares and acts of treason?
Those who do not know that does "depart" who no longer serves their
personal interests?

Forgive me, but I have to give voice to my brother’s clear reasons, they
cannot talk.

The horrors of the past cannot be seen just as lightweight. How many
families lost their families? Who, was not with the genocide that moved
the world to the cause of the Timorese people's Liberation?

It is not easy to observe the falsehood and insensitivity, AMP
Government policy created on lies, treason and scams. The desire to
rebel against the false words of Xanana is large, and crying to winds
that we want a new route for East Timor, we want to liberate us of their
claws, its lies, of their treasons, their scams strangers, of their
friends pro-integrationist, pro-colonial new liberals.

We want a clean policy, we want to plot the course of our future, live
this without shadows of betrayal, fear and shame. We want a Strong
nation.

Their gender policies are already obvious doubtful. Hatred and disregard
for the history of the people of East Timor now seem to be a path
without return. But our word is the wind will bring a new day will
blowing strong our soul that weaken the advancement so doubtful
policies.

Who was nominated by the people to receive titles of great nobility and
significance and took advantage of these titles for political personal
interests?

Xanana, sadly called the sole representative of the struggle of a
people, who has entrusted and made him the myth, it is no longer
entirely.

Also Ramos Horta, sadly, if called himself "the Nobel Peace Prize", when
in fact it was commissioned by the people and the elected person
indebted to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which is really a prize that
commends the nobility and the courage of the same people, Timorese men
and women have devoted their lives to the cause of liberation, peace and
progress in mountains and sea.

Ramos Horta should never feel owner of the Nobel Prize, nor use it for
personal political interests, should be a respectable guardian this same
prize, which represents the wonderful story of a people that resisted,
survived a terrible genocide and won.

Ramos Horta is going to prove unworthy of having received the Nobel
Peace Prize of which is the people of Timor, fighter, resistant and
victorious.

Xanana has already proved unworthy of titles.

With regard to elections, we can say that we won! And more gains if we
live in a country free of dangerous tentacles enemy of people and best
interests of the nation.

"The world does not know anything. East Timor is a case of World
ignorance exactly as they were concentration camps in time of war. Then
all crashed, but it was too late. " (DOM Carlos F. Ximenes de Belo)
.
We hope that these words will not have validity in the next future. Do
everything to ensure that this does not happen and, therefore, we
disclose today and always, nebulous policies of the AMP Government.

International organizations based in East Timor and their agents, seem
to be totally indifferent to the actions of this same Government, which
being oppressive by nature, misleading and regressive using advanced
methods Cabinet intimidation for dubious purposes, the Timorese culture
threatened by pseudo intellectuals that delivering speeches "Advanced"
that little everyone understands, present as holders of "historical
truth", enticing intellectually the colonial mentalities and their
trainees.

This is why I am afraid with too ambitious people and pseudo
intellectuals, that everything you see but say nothing and nothing to
restore truth where there is a lie. The so-called "agents of peace" and
the "disturbing" consultants that undermine the mindset of peoples,
maintains a destabilization that suit the current mercenaries, fishermen
of money and power (inglorious).

Currently, we have another East Timor, that Timor do not want, of
foreigners and some nationals, false pacifists, Timor AMP with
pro-integrationist, pro-liberals, highly responsible for governmental
degradation and prostitution moral of Government members, which sell for
money, and sell the country, misleading the people and the World that
the development is underway. Pure lies!

Invented the farce of a peace that does not exist talking of a pacifism
non-existent, hypocritical and bring foreign models projects which does
not fit our reality, but serve to enrich quickly some how many,
damaging our development.

Few hypocritical, which are enemies of the people, invented fraud of
humanity to undermine the mentalities and protect criminals, forgetting
the victims who suffered at their hands and who fought with courage and
bravery by genuine peace and freedom.

In East Timor, with peace catalogues, spread hatred in the population
against their blood brothers, misleading people, changing the behaviour
of them, causing serious crises. They paid to foment violence and
destruction. Then appeared as rescue workers, humanistic and pacifist,
say agents and advisors of peace and progress of peoples, but the truth
is another:

The so-called and false "agents of peace", pacifists hypocrites come to
actually install the "hell", degradation of peoples and the annihilation
of cultures. And we live in this intensely in advent 2006, in coup 2006
and post-2006.

When Xanana and its supporters decided to demolish the legitimate
Government, What was the honour codes used? The good manner of other
times that there was no law, do they give the opportunity to the
attacked Government to defend itself t? NO! At all.

It was an unequal struggle, misleading, manipulative laws and
principles, having behind a community of such "agents of peace" and
unscrupulous mercenaries that have buried their plans of prosperity for
the people, in partnership with the Government scammer. The traitors,
scammer, responsible for overthrow of legitimate Governments, can only
have a name: white-collar bandits who commit crimes against the peoples.

Why must we say these truths? Why are they keeping so quite being the
owners of the information, the intellectuals of sorcery? Why?

Just so much hypocrisy, lies and opportunism together! This is our Hell!

There is a State Government AMP, members without honour, without
conscience, much more false "agents of peace" than its own people.

There are intellectuals without dignity and without courage to say
clearly to the world that East Timor is increasingly ill, infested with
corrupt people and our historic culture is under threat.

It is sad to be ourselves, from the people; we tell the world what is
happening, for the well of our nation.

East Timor is being sold to a community of consultants, agents, "the
sultans" a new colonial empire, resistant to our history, which does not
assume as colonialist, and more seriously, claiming they came for the
good, by development, humanity and peace, when in fact bring in
suitcases faked projects that we do not serve and delay us and many of
them, poisonous enough to spread.

Peaces ... Justice ... Progress … are wonderful words. Nothing sounds as
well as the union of those words. But peace is the fruit of Justice, and
progress is the implementation of the two.



We must be aware that is urgent to free ourselves of infiltrated
enemies, give effectiveness to justice, and recover the pat for
development plan for the first twenty years. These are the foundations
for peace and we are treading the path that both wanted and lived for
to achieve.


We are living in times in which the representatives of the Government
ignore justice, truth, honour, but support lie telling the world that we
are at peace and that the development of the nation is a reality. This
is a lie!

This is our hell! Lies, lies!

Politically wrong behaviour of AMP since its creation based on hatred
and division of the people, reached an unacceptable level, therefore,
increase concern with the security and well-being.

The United Nations, an organization are to promote peace and security
for most of the Nations affected by attack enemies. I wonder: will The
UN is fulfilling its mission in East Timor?

TO WHAT YOU HAVE REACHED JOSÉ

By João Severino


Open letter to José Ramos Horta

Dear José

We knew each other in Dili since 1971 when you have dreamed in being a
journalist and had learnt anything to write a few species of news for
RTP and for the local newspaper "Voice of East Timor”. I knew that your
name should be respected because you were descendent from someone who
deserved the highest consideration by its past, a deported political and
anti-fascist fighter.
Surprised me very much about your writings of praise to colonial
governors as well as the wishful thinking [on board of the General
Kaulza de Arriaga helicopter] in Mozambique, making highlights the work
of the Portuguese against the armed forces "terrorists" liberation
struggle.
Surprised me very much that after the 25 April 1974 in Portugal you had
changed into proactive asset militant independentist plan when nothing
you had cooperated in the past with the revolutionary movement for the
liberation of East Timor (MORELTI).
Surprised me very much that had transformed an Social Democrat
Association (ASDT) to “Communist” front (FRETILIN).
Surprised me very much that in 1975 the President Nicolau Lobato had
expressed in my house in Lisbon a total lack of confidence on you.
Surprised me very much that you had travelled to Jakarta as Fretilin
representative and had allowed the Indonesian secret agents to took
photos in the company of Alarico Fernandes (I got this photo) and also
in the cabinet of General Ali Muortopo, Head of the Indonesian Armed
Forces to receive a package containing allegedly notes of American
dollars.
Surprised me very much that only few FRETILIN leadership had been
advised of the Indonesian military invasion of 1975.
Surprised me very much that in Australia had past as normal citizen,
accessible, humble, worker, [that we played tennis and spent Christmas
in my house] for a "doctor" that lent money in interest funds for
travelling the world in order to collect donations addressed to the East
Timorese resistance.
Surprised me very much that the Nobel Prize Committee, when the Bishop
Ximenes Belo was thought to be laureate for it, they had been pressed by
Indonesian lobby to add also your name.
Surprised me very much that after the independence of East Timor you had
transformed only for own political interest, betraying everything and
everyone.
It didn’t surprise me that you wanted to be Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Prime Minister and President of the Republic because I already
knew for many years that this was your great ambition.
Surprised me very much that you had left to kill Major Alfredo Reinaldo
that ever had saved your life.

It didn’t surprise me who existed someone in Timor-Leste interested in
give you a shot through an attack as soon as any confusion.
It didn’t surprise me in continuing to have most of the journalists of
capital of the world well domesticated to disclosure of your personal
promotion and politics.

But very, very, surprised me very much, when I opened the blog TIMOR
LOROSAE NATION and check that the "Mr Guerreiro of Wollongong,
Australia" served, and serves to denigrate, dismantle and destroy all
your work and ambition that you grew for more than two decades.

I was upset already with you when you asked a shameful and indecent
interest about a small personal loan that I borrowed.

But I never imagined in having to write these lines to simply say that
you're a stupid, ambitious, arrogant and complexed to whom the money
polluted a healthy mind and, thus, you let to fall into the abyss of
ridiculous and without shame it is here reproduced.

Without hug and without compliments

João Severino



Note: João Severino Journalist and Blog Founder “Jornal Pau Para Toda A
Obra”



________________________________________________________________________

Dear all

THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE FRIENDS OF Timor-Leste
"International" Organise themselves
TO DEFEND THE TIMORESE DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE

A cooperative group which has participated in the development of
knowledge and performance in several areas of East Timor, known as
"international", composed of individuals of the Portuguese Language
Countries and other nationalities, announces the TLN (Timor Lorosae
Nacão Blog) who is organising to exchange information on the country of
"Sol-Nascente" on its people and their friends, even after having
returned to their countries of origin, especially when doing "for
reasons of safety, because we believe that crime which favours certain
politicians are unpunished. "

They said, asking our support in the disclosure of information that
consider "useful to fight in defence of legality and democracy in
Timor-Leste ".

And continue:

"We do not wish to rush so we understand that in moments like those that
currently in Timor if are living, we know that is in some political
authorities, who are the biggest violators of the law, we should seek to
establish truths about what is possible and denounce.

We aim to understand and disseminate safely illegalities that currently
are practice and worrying attack on democratic development in
Timor-Leste, defrauding the Timorese and the entire international
community that has committed to lead the country teaching practices of
the developed world for better justice and democracy.

In fact, in the case of East Timor, we believe that all of us have had
the illusion of that by the fact that almost ten years to be a country,
the commitment of international aid, there are persons desirous that had
success, because some of their leaders went and lived in exile for many
years abroad in the developed world, for all these reasons, we judged
that had seen the errors committed by other Governments and societies
and that in the case of Timor a lot would be different and better.

For the better in the case of the environment, better in the case of
transparency, better in the case of a healthy democracy, better in the
case of Justice and distribution of wealth through initiatives honest,
etc. Thought this is much more possible given the small country and
population. At the moment East Timor could be beginning to be almost a
sea of roses, essentially fair, healthy and democratic.

But it is not happening. What we have seen is this people being
systematically deceived. Fooled by some ex-combatants selfish, by all
those who were always hand in hand with the Indonesian military and with
the Australia Governments, by some who fought abroad and comfortable
lives in exile. That the peoples and their Governments gave them to
live, learn and fight, the case of José Ramos Horta, for example. It was
aim to return the country become a fair elite benefit of massacred
anonymous and needy children of Timor.

The reality of East Timor is not this, quite the contrary. The majority
of Timorese are surviving miserably, while their leaders wasted and
exploit the wealth of the country in their own advantage. East Timor has
already a criminal elite is fill their bank accounts abroad, as other ex
Portuguese countries cases. Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, his
daughter, and all that are in line with the regime that was installed
and that apparently only now beginning to open the democracy, a
democracy deficit which aims only moderate certain requirements of its
citizens and democratic world. In East Timor is already happening. It
was of that destructive and opportunistic movement 2006 brought to the
country.

It is not difficult to conclude that the profiteers want to be part of
the elite any cost, selling, lying, fooling, indifferent of the
difficulties of huge anonymous people and away from the centre of
political power. Political power prepared to systematically deceive and
violate laws.

This unfortunate reality is a shameful. Citizens of the world and
contributors for a Timor democratic and fair, we are disappointed by
being so defrauded by liars Mr Ramos Horta and Xanana Gusmão. We do not
need to mention now others, newcomer elitist status, are generating in
Timorese society a true cancer, a kind of illegality and absolutely
practitioner impunity is at the stage of growth.

All this is extremely worrying, very sad, and inadmissible. For these
reasons we believe this the reason for our existence to denounce the
criminal elite of East Timor that is in formation and that must be
fought with the wisdom and legality which does not allow it to make that
country a new area of despotism and easy enrichment at the expense of
human rights violations and outrage at the democratic world.

At the moment we are currently considering the reality of the practices
of present Timorese leaders, democratic world that has supported the
country for more of ten years must suspend all kinds of aid. Not by
Timorese ,of course, but the criminal elite that is in political power,
disregarding all other constitutional powers, especially the judiciary,
laws, propriety, attentive anonymous populations, needy because of
Government operations.
The current East Timor Government represent a huge disappointment for
the who know and accompany daily dishonest practices and
anti-democratic. That is why we denounce all actions harmful and illegal
that the current Government and Presidency of the Republic to commit or
try commit. It is what this group of friends agreed to put forward.

We appeal to all the international "which have complied with mission in
East Timor and that have been silenced the complaints of unlawful and
anti-democratic practices committed by the current political power and
their counterparts do through this site or disclosure bodies they
consider most appropriate that the Timorese may enjoy country who want
fair and thus deserve. The objectives took us to dedicate to their
cause.

Friends of East Timor

http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2009/10/timor_lost_world.html

Bird Life International


Endemics thrive on Timor-Leste's "Lost World" mountain

27-10-2009

Surveys have confirmed that the finest montane forests in Timor-Leste,
and possibly the whole island of Timor, are to be found on the
inaccessible Mount Mundo Perdido – literally, "Lost World". With 22 of
the restricted-range species of the Timor and Wetar Endemic Bird Area
found so far, Mount Mundo Perdido has been recognised as Timor-Leste's
seventeenth Important Bird Area (IBA).

The surveys were carried out by staff of Timor-Leste's Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry, and Colin Trainor of Australia's Charles
Darwin University, supported by BirdLife and the UK Government’s Darwin
Initiative.

The upper slopes of Mount Mundo Perdido, rising to 1,760 m, have been
protected from agriculture by their steep, rocky terrain. The 16,100 ha
site also includes the 1,390 m Mount Laritame, 5 km to the north.

The IBA almost certainly hosts the largest populations of a suite of
hill and montane bird species on Timor Island. Of the 22 endemics, one
is globally threatened - the Endangered Timor Imperial-pigeon Ducula
cineracea- and eight are Near Threatened, including Slaty Cuckoo-dove
Turacoena modesta and Chestnut-backed Thrush Zoothera dohertyi. Small
numbers of Critically Endangered Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua
sulphurea are also present.

A total of 63 bird species have been recorded, including 61 presumed
breeding residents, and two northern migrants. Eleven of the residents
are montane forest specialists, and all appear to be abundant in the
IBA.

Possibly the most exciting discovery was a population of Pygmy
Blue-flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni on the upper slopes, 1,700 km or
more from the nearest known populations in Kalimantan and Sumatra. The
taxonomic status of this isolated population is being investigated.


Mount Mundo Perdido is also considered one of the three most important
sites for conservation of orchids in Timor-Leste, and several new orchid
species have been collected.

Although it has legal protected stratus dating back to the United
Nations administration which preceded independence, the IBA is not
managed as a Protected Area. But local people have responded positively
to the idea of Protected Area management, which would, in line with the
policy established in Timor Leste, be carried out in close consultation
with the community.

Measures would include improved management of livestock, fairer and more
sustainable access to forest products such as bamboo and rattan,
reforestation of eroded areas, and a village forestry programme to
supply timber from plantations, as an alternative to the current
uncontrolled extraction of forest trees.

"The Government of Timor-Leste has shown it is committed to preserving
our natural and cultural heritage through Protected Areas, by declaring
our first National Park (Nino Konis Santana National Park) in 2008. We
continue to work towards managing this area sustainably, while we also
develop plans to manage 12 other Protected Areas including Mount Mundo
Perdido, and to establish 18 new Protected Areas in the long term. All
these are to be part of the new Protected Areas Network in Timor-Leste.
Thanks to this work, we now know that Mount Mundo Perdido is the richest
tropical montane forest site remaining in Timor-Leste", said Manuel
Mendes, Director for Protected Areas and National Park, Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries.

Download the Mount Mundo Perdido IBA profile. Click
<http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2009/10/mundo_perdido_english.pdf>here for the English version. Click <http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2009/10/mundo_perdido_indonesian.pdf>here for the Indonesian version.

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> Former Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, and Leader of the Opposition,
> Mari Alkatiri, has condemned Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's deal to
> sign over 250,000 hectares of land (see full story in Tetun here)
> MALTIMOR Lda which is owned by Commander Tan Sri Datuk Eugenio Campos
> (a Timorese born Malaysian businessman) and Portuguese Consul to
> Malaysia.
>
> In October 2007 Mr Campos met the Prime Minister Gusmao and members of
> his staff to discuss the possibility of Campos' future investments in
> Timor-Leste.
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> Campos expressed an interested in investing in the tourism, aviation,
> agricultural and infrastructure sectors
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> After several meetings in November 2008, Mr. Gusmao signed overf the
> 250,000 hectares of of land to Maltimor Lda. which co-owned between
> Campos and his daughter Zenilda Gusmao.
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> The company proposed to use land for rubber plantations in Suai,
> Ainaro, Same, Vikeke and Lautem districts. However, the Ministry of
> Agriculture has yet to approve the deal; and has indicated that there
> is no land available because some of the areas have been allocated for
> Heavy Oil plants.
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> Posted By TEMPO SEMANAL to TEMPO SEMANAL on 10/28/2009 03:19:00 AM

Activists seek justice for death of Dutch journo

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 10/28/2009 1:30 PM | World

Activists in London demanded Monday that Indonesian authorities bring to
justice those responsible for killing Dutch Financial Times correspondent
Sander Thoenes in then East Timor, which gained independence from Indonesia
after a 1999 referendum.

A press release sent to The Jakarta Post by the International Press
Institute (IPI) said Thoenes went to East Timor (now Timor Leste) in
September 1999 to report on the aftermath of the referendum vote for
independence from Indonesia and the landing of Indonesian troops on the
island. UN and Indonesian investigators found that he was shot at
point-blank range by Indonesian troops after falling off his motorcycle.

"Both UN and Indonesian investigations into the murder of Sander Thoenes
have identified members of the Indonesian military as being responsible for
the crime. The fact that these individuals have not been prosecuted shows a
disturbing lack of will by Indonesia to end the impunity connected with the
killing of Sander Thoenes and other journalists," said IPI press freedom
manager Anthony Mills, who attended a commemoration event for Thoenes at the
Frontline Club in London.

Sander's brother, Peter, read out a protest at the event, saying: "The
Indonesian government has consistently delayed, obstructed and ridiculed any
prosecutions of these criminals on their payroll. In doing so, that
government has made it clear to the international community that it happily
condones all kind of atrocities committed by its military up to this day."

Thoenes, who was 30 years old at the time of his death, had been working as
the Financial Times Indonesia correspondent since September 1997, after the
Asian financial crisis had started to spread in the region.

On the day Thoenes was murdered, the Financial Times had published an
article by him titled "Military's power undimmed by humiliations," in which
Thoenes analyzed the Indonesian military's grip on power in spite of the
humiliation of having been ousted from East Timor and political reforms that
challenged their role in politics.

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> Sent in by a reader:
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> "This is an example of standards for decommissioned generators in
> China. You can clearly see that decommissioned generators (such as the
> ones purchased by the Government in Guandong Province) cannot be used
> to generate power for domestic areas.
>
> Perhaps the Parliamentarians should read through some of the reports
> mentioned in this letter, who knows perhaps they might find the Sulzers
> and the PC4 decommissioned generators that CNI22 purchased.
>
> The pertinent part of the translation is: "....same set of facilities
> have been confirm decommissioning and suspended by National and
> Province." Further that in relation to the equipment in question,
> referred to as "abandoned decommissioned generator", "The successful
> bidder shall not reinstall the machine and its facilities or generate
> electricity in domestic area."
>
> It seems scrap metal in China was deemed good enough to bring over to
> Timor-Leste, just as we and NGO's have been saying."
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> Posted By The Dili Insider to The Dili Insider at 10/22/2009 03:27:00 PM
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> Tyneside East Timor Solidarity
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> Web site: http://tets.sdt-eu.org
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> Blog: http://timorleste.livejournal.com
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> Sent in by a reader:
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>
> "This is an example of standards for decommissioned generators in
> China. You can clearly see that decommissioned generators (such as the
> ones purchased by the Government in Guandong Province) cannot be used
> to generate power for domestic areas.
>
> Perhaps the Parliamentarians should read through some of the reports
> mentioned in this letter, who knows perhaps they might find the
> Sulzers and the PC4 decommissioned generators that CNI22 purchased.
>
> The pertinent part of the translation is: "....same set of facilities
> have been confirm decommissioning and suspended by National and
> Province." Further that in relation to the equipment in question,
> referred to as "abandoned decommissioned generator", "The successful
> bidder shall not reinstall the machine and its facilities or generate
> electricity in domestic area."
>
> It seems scrap metal in China was deemed good enough to bring over to
> Timor-Leste, just as we and NGO's have been saying."
>
> --
> Posted By The Dili Insider to The Dili Insider at 10/22/2009
> 03:27:00 PM

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TRANSLATION FROM TETUM:

Suara Timor Lorosae, Dili 17 October 2009

INDONESIANS “THREATEN” TO CLOSE BORDER

PR Horta, Jose Luis, Minister for Justice Lucia Meet Urgently

Dili – Timor-Leste born Indonesian citizens living in
Atambua-Kupang-Indonesia, have threatened to set up checkpoints or
sweeps vehicles with Timor-Leste white registration number plates
because of the detention of the former Laksaur Militia Commander,
Maternus Bere who is still detained at the Indonesian Embassy in Dili.

“We will undertake sweeps (checkpoints) of cars belonging to Timorese
who travel in and out of Indonesia. This action will be taken
especially against the sons and daughters of FRETILIN leaders
including FRETILIN cadres who live near the border,” Francisco Soares
Pereira told STL by telephone Friday (15/10).

The former refugees decided this because they consider that some
FRETILIN leaders in Timor do not want to engage in reconciliation with
the Timorese militia in Indonesia as it relates to the Maternus Bere
case, which has not been resolved in Timor-Leste and becoming a
controversy between FRETILIN leaders and the AMP government led by
Prime Minister Kay Rala Banana Gusmao.

There has been a strong reaction from FRETILIN’s leaders and other
opposition leaders such as KOTA and PUN to the government’s decision
to transfer Maternus Bere from the Becora Prison to the Indonesian
embassy in Dili. Their reaction resulted in a censure motion being
presented but which failed to bring down the AMP government because
the majority in the National Parliament gave the AMP government their
vote of confidence for them to continue to govern until 2012.

The Timorese refugee leader also threatened to close, next week, as a
protest against the FRETILIN leaders who want to try Maternus Bere.
“Right now we are organizing a group in Atambua made up of nearly
24,000 people who will take action to close the border in Atambua and
Kefamenanu to Oecusse and put in place check points to search the sons
and daughters of FRETILIN leaders studying in Indonesia,” Francisco
reinforced.

Francisco said that the central government in Jakarta, Kupang and
Atambua have been informed of this proposed action so that they could
grant them the license or the permission to undertake this action.

He stressed that this decision take by them was as a result of
FRETILIN party leaders in Timor-Leste failing to give their support
for the policy by the government of Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao to release
Maternus Bere as an act of reconciliation pursuant to the agreement
foreshadowed in the Truth and Friendship Commission in Timor-Leste.

“This action by us is because the FRETILIN party is not giving its
support to Prime Minister Banana Gusmao who wants to engage in
reconciliation with Timorese in Atambua.

PR Horta holds urgent meeting

In the mean time in relation to this threat by Indonesian citizens in
Atambua, President of the Republic Jose Ramos Horta, Acting Prime
Minister Jose Luis Guterres and Justice Minister Lucia Maria Lobato,
held an urgent meeting at the Presidential Palace in Aitarak Laran to
try and find a solution to this problem.

This meeting was considered to be urgent and closed to the public, and
because of this we can’t give a detailed report on this issue.

According to information ascertained by this daily from Kupang, the
movement of public transport between Timor-Leste and Kupang, including
travel is occurring as normal despite the threat from Indonesian
citizens in Kupang.

“Right now public transport including bus travel is still occurring as
normal, despite their being information that Timorese refugees intend
to close the border because of the Maternus Bere case,” said a source
who did not want to be named.

According to him the T-L consultant in Kupang has also been subject to
serious threats from Indonesian citizens although there have been no
physical incidents.

On 15th October 2009 Tempo Semanal sources within the Government of
Timor-Leste revealed that on 12 October 2009 4 TNI officers and 4
paramilitary personnel in addition to one civilian entered the Cruz
area of the southern most Passabe sub-District in the isolated
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste enclave Oekusi.

When the central government of Timor-Leste only heard about the problem
3 days after it had happened it held an emergency meeting on 15 October
2009. The acting Prime Minister (Vice Prime Minister Jose "Lugu"
Guterres, Acting Secretary of State for Security (Secretary of State
for Defence, Julio Tomas Pinto), Secretary of State for the Special
Region of Oekusi, Jorge Teme, and the Secretary of State for the
Council of Minister, Agio Pereira participated in the crisis meeting.

The 4 TNI were carrying M`16 semi-automatic assault rifles and the
paramilitaries were unarmed, and the civilian (suspected to be former
1999 era pro-autonomy Sakunar Militia). They were carrying the
Indonesian Mera Putih (Red and White) national flag.


UN CONFIDENTIAL MAP (2005) of the disputed area, obtained by Tempo
Semanal



They assaulted a group of Timorese citizens working on a project to
build a border police post in the area known as Cruz next to the
mountain known as Nuaf Bijae Sunan. The leader of the TNI officers
insulted Mr. Agustino Eta the Chefe Aldiea Haumnani along with the 7
Timorese labourers working on the police post. The TNI forced an end to
their labour, and then forcibly took the labourers tent. The TNI then
stole 50 sheets roofing tin intended for the police post, taking them
to the TNI post across the border.

Mr. Eta told Tempo Semanal that the TNI officers asked him "who
instructed him to build the border police post, and to whom did you get
permission from to build this police post?", The TNI officer told Mr
Eta that the area is in dispute between Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Mr.
Eta responded "Our Timor-Leste leaders told us to build this border
police post here". He added "that Timorese do not need to ask
permission to build a police post on their own territory". Furthermore,
Mr Eta angrily continued that "if we want to build post in Indonesian
then we need to ask permission". "For me and my Suco Abani community we
don't think this is a disputed area, but it is our land [Timor-Leste]".



Armed TNI and Timorese "socialise" in the disputed area. TNI plant the
Merah Putih.


After listening to this answer the TNI and their paramilitary HANSIP
personnel got angry and started to strip the post of its material,
taking it to the nearby TNI post on the Indonesian side of the border.

When speaking with Tempo Semanal on 12 October soon after the incident
Mr. Eta said that "Indonesians are making gardens in this area, and so
Timor-Leste border police post is necessary to maintain security".

After stripping the post of all of its critical building materials,
property of the Government of Timor-Leste the Indonesian security
forces returned to the Indonesian side of the border.

These actions in Passabe are part of a wider set of old and current
border problems with Indonesia, set against the background of the
recent arrest of ex-militia commander Maternus Bere in Cova Lima
District in August 2009.

Since June 2009 Oekusi's western border near Naktuka has been the scent
of border disputes with a number of armed TNI being arrested by
Timorese border police for entering Timor-Leste, and quickly being
released to return to Indonesia as Timor-Leste Government is sensitive
to percevied threats from the country's neighbour of some 230 million
people, and former occupying power. Passabe was the scene of some of
the world killing during the post referendum violence in 1999 with the
Tumin, Passabe massacre seeing some 120 youth and men being macheted to
death in one massacre by Sakunar militia, supported by the Indonesian
TNI. Justice has never been served on the perpretrators, who reportedly
live just 3km across the border a decade later.

Cruz/Bijae Sunan Background

Located at the south western tip of the Oekusi Enclave this area
(between Oelnasi in Timor Leste and Manusasi in West Timor) has been
the source of local conflict since the 1960s. The conflict has
traditionally been over garden areas. In 1965 a local conflict ended up
with Portuguese police killing at least one West Timorese. This problem
flared up again in 1972 and again in 1983. The 1983 conflict lasted two
months and resulted in many injuries from stone throwing. Apparently,
Mario Carrascalao and Indonesia's Minister for Home Affairs Rudini were
involved in solving the dispute then.

As a result of TNI's complaints about the location of the TCL this area
was divided by the TNI and UNPKF in 2002 into three patrol areas 1) for
the TNI (inside the TL border) 2)UNMO and 3) the BPU. In actual fact
the TNI took advantage of a rotation between the JORBATT and ROKBATT
elements of UNPKF. In effect UNPKF ceded East Timorese territory to
Indonesia – albeit in what was hoped to be a temporary manner.

In October 2003 President Xanana Gusmao hosted a cross border
reconciliation meeting between hundreds of people from Timor-Leste and
refugees in West Timor in Passabe near the Passabe border crossing.
Gusmao reportedly asked the refugees to come home and that there were
no insurmountable problems, including justice. He stated that people
would not be imprisoned forever. Nothing tangible arose from the
meeting

A day or two after this meeting former President (Now PM) Gusmao
attended a meeting in the disputed border area beneath Nuaf Bijae
Sunan. The Indonesian delegation was comprised of six Indonesian
Parliamentarians who had been guests of the Timor-Leste Parliament the
previous week, Chiefs of Police from Kupang and Kefamenanu, and the TNI
local commander from Kefamenanu. President Gusmão's party included
Vice-President of the National Parliament (now deceased) Jacob
Fernandes, former Minister for the Interior Rogerio Lobato, former
Secretary of State for Labour and Solidarity Arsenio Bano, and PNTL
Commander Paulo Martins. The meeting produced no tangible results. All
18 of Oekusi's Chefe de Sucos were present for this meeting, the first
time that they had met collectively since 1999 and a sign of the
importance of the issue that Oekusi's communities attribute to this
problem.

In June 2004 three individuals were arrested by TNI for allegedly
wandering into their patrol area in search of a missing horse. They
were repatriated only after lengthy discussions between Indonesian and
East Timorese authorities.

In July 2004 there was a stone throwing battle between 100-200 people
in the area with at least three people being wounded. The conflict is
further fueled by the presence of Passabe refugees in Manusasi, and the
fact that ex-Sakunar militiamen Andre Ulan (TNI) and Julio da Costa who
reside in nearby Nunpo are reportedly in the area. These men are
indicted by the UN for Serious Crimes including for the Passabe
Massacre.


In March 2008 local NGOI BELUN reported in a national conflict analysis
that Suco Abani in Post Passabe, Oekusi was one of the most likely to
suffer local conflict as a result of border problems being exacerbated
by local competition over land and TNI manipulation of these problems.

FRENTE REVOLUCIONÁRIA DO TIMOR-LESTE INDEPENDENTE

FRETILIN

Media Release

Dili, 19 October 2009

FRETILIN confident of safety of Timorese in Indonesia

The Indonesian Government, through its Dili Embassy, today “strongly
rejected” Dili newspaper reports of a planned campaign of checkpoints
and searches of sons and daughters of FRETILIN leaders and members,
and of the closure of the border. “This is welcomed by FRETILIN”, said
its parliamentary spokesperson, Jose Teixeira MP in Dili today.

“FRETILIN continues to have confidence in the Indonesian government
authorities to uphold their law, which guarantees the safety of every
person in Indonesia and to maintain lawful order, as the largest
democratic nation in South East Asia.

“We condemn the tendency of some of our own politicians to exploit the
vulnerability of our Timorese brothers and sisters living and studying
in Indonesia, by involving them in our own internal sovereign matters.
This is happening now with the case of the illegal release of an
accused prisoner by this AMP de facto government. We call on these
political opportunists to cease this type of rumor peddling causing
unnecessary alarm. The modern, democratic, law-abiding Indonesian
government understands the legal issues that are at stake,” said Mr
Teixeira.

Francisco Soares Pereira, a Timorese living in Indonesia, is reported
to have told Suara Timor Lorosae by telephone last Friday: “We will
undertake sweeps (checkpoints) of cars belonging to Timorese who
travel in and out of Indonesia. This action will be taken especially
against the sons and daughters of FRETILIN leaders including FRETILIN
cadres who live near the border.”

However, today the Dili daily Timor Post reported that the First
Secretary for Political Affairs with the Indonesian Embassy in Dili,
Victor Josef Sambuaga, “strongly rejected information that Indonesian
citizens, especially Timorese living in Atambua and Kupang, had closed
the border between the two countries, and that they had set up
checkpoints for sweeps of Timor-Leste citizens living in Atambua.”
(Timor Post, Monday October 19, 2009)

Sambuaga added that public demonstrations or actions such as this
should comply with the law and have the authorization of the police.
He explained, “We have met directly with the authorities responsible
for this matter in Atambua and until now there are no indications that
these type of activities such as checkpoints and sweeps as have been
reported, so because of this we can say they are merely rumors.”

Sambuaga assured all concerned that the Indonesian security forces are
giving serious attention to important locations such as the border
crossings in places like Mota Ain.

“We have every confidence in the Indonesian authorities to do the
right thing. The statements by Mr Sambuaga reassures us greatly,” Mr
Teixeira said.

For further information, please contact Jose Teixeira MP on +670 728
7080

Michael H. Posner
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
U.S. Department of State
2201 C St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20520

October 13, 2009

Dear Mr. Assistant Secretary:

We represent non-governmental organizations whose work focuses on human
rights in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. We congratulate you on your
assumption of responsibility as Assistant Secretary of State for
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the Department of State.

Indonesia is among those countries posing especially serious challenges
for U.S. policy makers. Its democratic progress continues to be highly
uneven. As described by Amnesty International and others, Indonesia
continues to hold dozens of political prisoners, notably in West Papua
and to restrict freedom of speech. There has been no effective
prosecution for the 2004 murder of Munir Said Thalib, Indonesia's
leading human rights advocate. The Indonesian military, particularly the
special forces (Kopassus), continues its criminality and human rights
violations. Moreover, the military and elements of the police continue
to enjoy impunity for their past crimes and ongoing violations.

We commend the thrust of your written answers to questions from Senate
Foreign Relations Committee in conjunction with your July 28
confirmation hearing. These responses indicate an understanding of the
challenges posed for U.S. human rights policy, especially toward
Indonesia.

In response to a question posed by Senator Russell Feingold, you
correctly stated that U.S. assistance provided to foreign security
forces should not support individual units that have engaged in gross
violations of human rights. The U.S. should certainly seek to use any
assistance to encourage host governments to prevent such violations and
to hold accountable persons accused of committing human rights crimes.

Unfortunately, for many years, U.S. assistance has flowed to the
Indonesian military absent any meaningful reform or accountability and
despite continued human rights violations by Indonesian security forces.
Rather than use assistance as leverage for genuine change, the U.S.
keeps expanding assistance. This seriously undermines efforts by
Indonesians to press for real reform and genuine accountability. We
especially urge the administration to clearly state that Kopassus as a
unit and its individual members are not eligible for U.S. military
assistance.

Like you, we share U.S. Congressional concern that "Indonesia has not
taken adequate measures to hold accountable those who perpetrated human
rights abuses in the past. While you highlight those named by the United
Nations for crimes in Timor-Leste in 1999, but also for those credibly
accused of human rights abuses in Papua and Aceh." We welcome your
pledge to press for progress on bringing the accused to account. We are
eager to hear any concrete plans that the current administration has to
do so.

The controversial, extra-judicial release of the militia leader Martenus
Bere, demonstrates the need for international action on justice and
accountability Bere was indicted by the UN-backed serious crimes process
for crimes against humanity committed in 1999. The unwillingness or
inability of the government of Timor-Leste to resist Indonesian
pressure, clearly shows the need for additional international action and
pressure.

We remind you that crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in
Timor-Leste are significantly broader than those which took place in
1999, extending back to the 1975 Indonesian invasion. Only a small
portion of the deaths caused by the U.S.-backed occupation occurred in
its final year. We urge you and the administration to respond to Chega!,
the report of the Timor-Leste Commission for Reception, Truth and
Reconciliation (CAVR) and to work toward establishing an ad hoc
international tribunal to try senior officials responsible for the most
egregious crimes during the occupation.

Inauguration of an integrated database system to ensure proper vetting
of military candidates for U.S. assistance is long overdue with progress
towards completion of system proceeding only fitfully in recent years.
But the utility of any database is dependent on the information it
contains. We urge that the system draw on the experience and data
developed by local human rights organizations.

Mr. Assistant Secretary, we are ready to work with you to realize real
reform and accountability of the Indonesian security forces and to
secure continued democratic progress in Indonesia. We look forward to
further discussing these issues with you.

Sincerely,

John M. Miller
National Coordinator
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)


Edmund Williams
West Papua Advocacy Team

Brisbane Times

Not just Balibo that is unjust about East Timor's past


JAMES THOMAS

September 24, 2009 - 4:51PM

In seeking the truth behind the deaths of six Australian Journalists in
East Timor in 1975, actor Anthony LaPaglia and Kevin Rudd have something
in common.

LaPaglia's portrayal of journalist Roger East in the movie “Balibo” is
compelling.

Kevin Rudd was also convincing when he took centre stage on November 17,
2007 to deliver this heroic pronouncement on the fate of the Balibo
five.

“I believe this has to be taken through to its logical conclusion. I
also believe those responsible should be held to account.”

“My attitude to this is dead set hardline. I've read a bit about what
happened in Balibo, I've been to Balibo, walked up there, I've seen the
fort, I've seen where these blokes lost their lives. You can't just
sweep this to one side”

No, Prime Minister, you can't. However, you can do the next best thing:
launch an AFP investigation. Then, should journalists ask questions
which embarrass you in front of your good friend and Indonesian
president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, you can respond “it would be
inappropriate to comment until such time as the Australian Federal
Police's investigation has concluded.”

It may seem impertinent to suggest that our Prime Minister and his
government would conspire to ignore our nation's obligations under the
Geneva Conventions to appease the Indonesians. However, the case of Guy
Campos suggests this is a plausible argument.

In June 2008, Campos, an East Timorese man, entered Australia on a World
Youth Day Visa as a pilgrim to see the Pope. Campos is not a holy
journeyman.

He is a self confessed child beater, and numerous witnesses have
recalled in acute detail his acts of torture - allegations he has
denied.

The former Principal Analyst on East Timor for the Australian Defence
Force's Intelligence Corps, Dr Clinton Fernandes, confirmed Campos as a
key collaborator with the Joint Intelligence Unit of the Indonesian
military during their occupation of East Timor between 1975 and 1999.

Today Tonight broke the news of Campos' illegal entry to Australia on
the 9th September 2008.

We reported he was living 1 kilometre from Joanna Ximenes. She claims
her 11 year old brother was bashed to death by Campos.

Then there was Odete Alves. At 16, she watched as Campos, dressed in
military fatigues, abducted her father. He was never seen again.

Now in her forties, Odete, like many East Timorese refugees, fled to
Australia for a new life and protection from the atrocities they endured
in East Timor. Odete and Joanna were deeply distressed when they learned
our government granted Campos entry into Australia to live less than 5
km from their homes in Sydney.

When we confronted Campos, he denied killing Francisco Ximenes.
Amazingly though, he confessed to beating the child on the night he
died.

Samantha Wills, spokeswoman for the Attorney General and Minister for
Home Affairs told me Today Tonight's report “didn't have much”.
Immigration spokesman, Sandi Logan, issued statements justifying Campos'
entry on the basis that immigration was unaware of any charges,
convictions or allegations that Campos had been involved in war crimes
or crimes against humanity. Within one hour of arriving in East Timor,
we uncovered court documents showing that Campos had been convicted of
“maltreatment leading to death of a child”, namely 11 year old Francisco
Ximenes. These court documents were supplied to the Australian Embassy
in 2006. Immigration has personnel at the Embassy.

We reported Campos' alleged involvement in a massacre and attended the
exhumation of nine resistance heroes from a mass grave. All nine were
said to be nominated for execution by Campos, a story told to us by
their families and corroborated by Jamie Maia, a former collaborator
with the Indonesians who admitted to working alongside Campos.

We interviewed several East Timorese resistance members who say they
were personally tortured by Guy Campos.

We asked the Immigration Department how Campos had managed to enter
Australia despite a history of torture and war crimes. The Department
stated that it vetted individuals based on sources such as international
criminal tribunals and the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Yet
there has never been an international criminal tribunal for East Timor,
and the ICJ hears proceedings between states, not individuals. It has
nothing to do with the issue of war crimes and torture. The department's
answers were evasive and misleading.

Furthermore, East Timor's Commission for Reception, Truth and
Reconciliation provided its report to the Australian Embassy in Dili in
February 2006. Three years later, the Immigration Department seems to
have taken no steps to identify individuals named in the report in order
to deny them a visa to visit Australia. There are some pretty evil
characters listed in the report – why would Immigration not use it as a
point of reference?

Guy Campos lived freely in Australia for more than a year. During that
time, numerous victims gave detailed statements to the AFP. At ground
level, the war crimes unit of the AFP headed by Bruce Pegg did an
impeccable job. It is understood they were confident of a successful
prosecution. The alleged perpetrator was alive and within reach. Eye
witnesses to his alleged acts were also in Australia and his alleged
torture victims were willing to testify. Jose Belo and Naldo Rei
travelled from East Timor to Australia to give detailed accounts of
their torture at Campos' hands.

The AFP does not take the unilateral decision to lay charges in these
matters. This decision rests with the Commonwealth Director of Public
Prosecutions, Chris Craigie. Craigie and his department stated more
information was needed before they could make the decision to launch a
prosecution. However, if Campos was to leave the country the police
investigation would lapse. Last week Guy Campos left Australia. The
AFP's investigation was suspended.

The Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth speaks of “openness” and
“accountability”. This means that those who make the decisions on
whether to prosecute can be summoned to explain and justify their
actions. The AFP investigation into Guy Campos has come to a halt. The
investigation into the Government's handling of the case should now
begin. Kevin Rudd and his fellow thespians will not want a part in that
play… It has no heroes.

James Thomas is a reporter for Channel Seven's Today Tonight

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/politics/not-just-balibo-that-is-unjust-about-east-timors-past-20090924-g4bj.html

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