TImorese Civilian Guard Arrested Two US Navy near Jesus Christ statue and US Official Offer Regret

East Timorese civilian guard the area, Antonio Da silva Costa and his friends arrested to two US Navy because they were alleged of doing sex near the area which according to some Timorese is holly place. Those sailors came to Dili with US Mercy ship to conduct humanitarian assistance for the Timorese people. “I got them while they were on (not good expression),” said Antonio.
“I saw these two foreigners walked up the stairs and when they got to the top they were took some photos. Then the man looks around and he didn’t see me. I was not on alert. But when I turn around I saw the guy has removed his shirt and released his pin and pulled out his vital organ and the woman took out her t-shirt and then ....,” Antonio said with loud tone.
“I felt of these people disrespect our culture and our believe because they did it right near Jesus statue. If they do it in some other place or on peace is their freedom but not in that place,” Said Antonio da silva Costa the Timorese civilian security for the area.
The couple try to bribed and his colleagues to keep the issue quiet but the security guys refused. The case were get big attention from UNPOL , Local Police including some American officials. The US Navy were wear white t-shirt with short were took away in a car drove towards Dili.
Tempo Semanal has requested some comment from US Embassy in Dili. In response the Chargé D'Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Dili, Jonathan Henick said, “The U.S. Navy and its commanders take seriously all incidents and allegations involving misconduct by Sailors.
“The U.S. Navy is already investigating this incident and will punish any wrongdoing.”
“We regret that this unfortunate incident has detracted attention from the important and valuable humanitarian work of the USNS Mercy in Timor-Leste," John wrote.
“Once again thank you so much for seeking our comment and if you have any further question or need further clarification, please do not hesitate in contacting us.”
The couple were out from the ship and travel to visit the white sand beach and walk towards Jesus Christ statue located on the hill of Fatukama.

East Timorese Businessman Alleged the Brazilian and UNDP officers are Not Professional in carry out their tender

Fernando Moniz has logged in a complain to Brazilian embassy in Dili, the speaker of East Timor Parliament and East Timor Deputy PM Mario Carrascalao to investigate the issue but so far no action been taken.
Fernando Moniz has received an invitation to participated in the tender for a UNDP project . In the letter signed by Mr. Jonas Cesar Ribeiro (Projeto BRA/04/043-S103 stated the deadline for the quotation to be submitted on the 27/04/2010 as 10 h location vocational training Centre in Becora, “where they will be opened before the other competitors, prevailing the best price and quality of the material, already with Taxes and expenses “The proposal should contain: validity of the proposal, terms of payment and delivery date,” stated in the invitation number 002/IV/2010.included, as well as the delivery freight.”
There were only two company show interest and submitted their proposal. The company of Mr. Moniz name Timor Roofing Building Material Ltd and Dili Building Solution Lda. The quality of the material are same but in terms of Price Mr. Moniz Company proposed more or less Seventy nine Thousand US Dollar while the other company is over Nine Thousand US Dollar. “It was an opened tender and we all witness we have over the small price to compare with the other company,” said Moniz.
He added, “the tender officers was used my price to negotiated with other company so the price suddenly reduced from nine three thousand downed to seventy one thousand US dollar. This is not good practice by the Brazilian here in Timor Leste.”
“They came to check our work and told me that please just get yourself ready because your very cooperative but at the end the foreigner just change the decision.”
“just want to demand to them that they are came from an international and professional institutions so they should care out they duty professionally too. They should not teach to do bad things like this.”
“They are running a vocational training centre to train Timorese to be professional but they (Brazilian) themselves conducted tender not professionally. This is funny.”
Fernando is only demanding for some explanation from the Brazilian embassy in regard to the issue. Before one of the officer that involve in the tender told him that, “oohh Fernando You got bad news because the UNDP didn’t want to awarded you the tender,” he informed Tempo Semanal.
Tempo Semanal has contacted the Brazilian embassy in Dili and even visited Becora Vocational Training Center but the brazilian officers declined to comment on the problem.

Tempo Semanal Exclusive interview With East Timor Defence Commander Taur Matan Ruak

Major General Taur Matan Ruak, the East Timor Defence Force Commander in an exclusive interview to Tempo semanal said the garantor to East Timor estability is the development and the investment. He wish the government investing more in the area of Human Resources, Agricultures, Tourisms, industries and Creation jobs for the young people.

IFJ Worried by Threat Against Newspaper in Timor L’este

From: IFJ Asia
Date: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:54 PM
Subject: Media Release: Timor L'este - IFJ Worried by Threat Against
Newspaper in Timor L'este
To: IFJ Asia

Media Release: Timor L’este

August 17, 2009

IFJ Worried by Threat Against Newspaper in Timor L’este

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed at a threat made against well-known Timor L’este media organisation Tempo Semanal.

Tempo Semanal editor Jose Belo reported that an email sent to him on August 12 contained a verbal threat against the news organisation, and he was concerned for the welfare of the organisation’s personnel.

The threatening email was sent from the address of “Vira Knight” on August 12. In the email, the author alleges to be the wife of Phil Knight, a co-shareholder of Maubere Security, a security company in Timor L’este’s capital, Dili.

The email alleges the newspaper said “bad things” about the sender’s husband. The email threatened that the newspaper would be hurt.

“We will get maubere secutity to fight you in dilli we hate  temp semal....we wil fightv ypou everywre,” the email said.

“The IFJ calls on authorities in Timor L’este to immediately investigate the threat against Tempo Semanal and ensure the paper’s journalists and other personnel do not come to any harm,” IFJ Asia-Pacific Director Jacqueline Park said.

In October 2009, Tempo ran a report on the collapse of Maubere Security, which sparked an investigation by Timor L’este’s Inspector-General. The investigation’s results are expected to be announced soon.

For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +612 9333 0919

The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 125 countries

Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific

Coming News / / Mario Carrascalao: Big Contract - TMR: F-FDTL Development

Tempo Semanal has obtained a copy of the contract for an "International" Timorese adviser in the Office of Vice Prime Minister Mario Carrascalao.  This contract according to Clause 3 states that Rosa Vong shall be paid 17,000USD/month via state funds as per Clause 3 of the Contract, signed on 01/07/2010.

For details please read the Tempo Semanal on its Special Adition 20/08/2010.

In the edition Tempo Semanal also has an exclusive interview with Chief of the Defence Force Major - General Taur Matan Ruak who has raised concerns about the development capital allocated to the FALINTIL-FDTL.

Can You Still Be, At The Same Time, A Timorese Civil Servant And A Diplomat If You Commit A Criminal Act? The answer is yes, you can, so long as you work for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste

By: Tony Duarte, Dipl FinServices, Dipl Bkg&Fin, BB Bkg&Fin

Under the leadership of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, Zacarias Albano da Costa, Ms. Elisa da Silva, a Timorese permanent civil servant of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste has recently been appointed to serve as a new Timorese First Secretary diplomat in Canberra, Australia. She was instrumental in falsifying signatures and name of current employees and a former Foreign Affairs’ employee, Mrs. Guilhermina Mouzinho in order to concoct a flawed accusation against the former Director General of Administration of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste in 2009. Not only Ms. Elisa falsified Mrs. Guilhermina’s name by referring to her as Herminia, but Ms. Elisa also had Mrs. Guilhermina’s signature forged. The bogus claim was purposely doctored in order to substantiate her accusation. Mrs. Guildhermina signed a declaration distancing herself from this false accusation and further authenticated that her signature had been counterfeited.
The referred incident took place in 2009 with evidence supplied to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zacarias Albano da Costa and the President of Timor-Leste’s Public Service Commission, Eng. Liborio Pereira. Copies of the evidence had also been provided to the three members of the Public Service Commission, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister of State Administration. To date, Ms. Elisa has neither been investigated nor reprimanded for such punishable criminal conduct.

Elisa da Silva
Ms. Elisa has left Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste for Canberra, Australia where she will perform her diplomatic duties representing the country and the people of Timor-Leste. The Australian government and its people, specifically the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade must be reminded that a Timorese diplomat with criminal background has been sent off from Timor-Leste to work at Timor-Leste Embassy in Australia in order to divert the constant criticisms made against her and those who mishandled the case in the country. Those who mishandled the case had, ever since, been suspected of backing her up by remaining silent.
According to Mr. Eusebio Guterres, an experienced lawyer and a former member of Timor-Leste National Parliament from the Democratic Party underscored, during a televised press conference in 2009, that the Timorese penal code article 303 foresees a-three-year jail term for falsification of signature. Thus, Ms. Elisa, by law, must have by now been succumbed to prison sentence in Becora.
Nevertheless, the criminal conduct of Ms. Elisa remains uncensored by the Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa and Liborio Pereira, President of the Public Service Commission despite having the evidence as their disposal. Such stance, taken by the two public authorities, demonstrates that neither Timor-Leste Foreign Affairs nor the Public Service Commission is impartial, professional, but instead possesses despicable policies of double standard. For that reason, donor countries and international organizations like the United Nations Development Programme must ensure that their contributions to the Public Service Commission must be targeted at ensuring that the President of Public Service Commission do not unduly meddle into political intricacies in order to serve certain political elite of the country by jeopardizing the integrity and professionalism of the Public Service.
Countries established under democratic principles will not allow the overseas posting of a criminal-practicing civil servant, let alone allowing such person to remain within the public sector. For a diplomat who had the courage to commit a criminally-sanctioned behavior, based on the country’s penal code, within her own country, what Timor-Leste and its people expect of her services abroad. Will she exercise her duties and responsibilities with no further condemned behaviors? Can she be trusted with State matters and secrets? Will she not sell confidential information obtained through forged signatures? Can she be trusted in preparing the Embassy’s financial reports? In 2009, she has sent an authorization as certifying officer to the Ministry of Finance authorizing payment of around USD$75,000 to supplier of goods for quadrilateral meeting, without the goods being supplied for and without the knowledge of the Directorate General of Administration. This procedure violated the Timorese procurement law presently in force by paying for undelivered goods. It is not known whether the goods ordered were delivered in the end. Can she now be trusted given this gross lapse in the past?
Furthermore, given the silent stance taken by both Minister Zacarias and President Liborio, it has further indicated that both public authorities condone such criminal behavior and that both institutions do not have the goodwill to hold her accountable for her action. Their silence in the case has aroused suspicion that they fully support Ms. Elisa’s contemptible accomplishment. A question then arises as to the reason behind their silence.
It is quite simple. Should Ms. Elisa be condemned or punished for her action, it will then backfire given the fact that the suspension and any subsequent trumped up decisions or public comments by the two officials were based solely on forged document. It is therefore in their interest to pretend that the case has finally settled, without further investigation on Elisa’s action. Equally, they expect that the problem will just die down.
In the meantime, it is time for the people of Timor-Leste to see that the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste and the President of Timor-Leste’s Public Service Commission have questionable credibility and honesty in the exercise of their duties with regard to this case. Mr. Liborio has, on many occasions, voiced his principles on integrity and professionalism within the public sector, whilst at the same time bases his decision on forged document. It is highly probable that Mr. Liborio does not have the proper educational background in law, in which a competency within this domain is required. A mere empirically-based knowledge in law is not sufficient to properly interpret it and it must be supported with proper theoretical background. He has in fact completed his degree in Engineering from an Indonesian university. Given his lack of understanding on Timorese penal code or most probably he is in denial of its existence, a document with falsified signatures and name was interpreted as binding evidence upon which he took his so-called informed decision.
Capacity and unquestionable integrity are required to run the Public Service Commission. It is suggested that upon the conclusion of Mr. Liborio’s tenure of office, there must be a profound investigation related to this case and no further extension of his mandate given. Further public position must not be trusted to him pending thorough investigation.
During a private discussion with a member of the Public Service Commission, which the author has declined to name in this article, the member disclosed that the decision taken to suspend the former Director General of Administration in 2009 was not based on their collective decision as required by the Parliament Law, on the contrary the decision was taken solely by the President of Public Service Commission. The members then concluded, in private, that the President of Public Service Commission has colluded with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Zacarias to condemn the former Director General of Administration for political motives.
Referring to the public lie which occurred several months ago, Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa has been caught red-handed lying to the people of Timor-Leste, the Prime Minister and he had even called journalists as liars when he was confronted about his SMS resignation sent to the office of the Prime Minister. He lied that he ever sent the SMS, but was cowed into admitting that he had in fact sent the SMS and apologized to the Prime Minister, otherwise he would have lost his post as the Foreign Minister. Even, his own political mentor, Mr. Mario Carrascallao, the present Deputy Prime Minister for State Administration and Mr. Riak Leman, leader of the Minister’s parliamentary bench at the National Parliament (PSD) uttered their disbelief and disappointment. They were in conclusion that their President of the Party had been dishonest.
As per the organic law of the government, Minister for Foreign Affairs precedes all other members of the government within the hierarchy. By publicly lying, this Minister shows non-exemplariness behaviors. As a member of government, the Minister must show his integrity, honesty, sense of serving the nation, sacrifice and goodwill towards the country and its people.
Should the people of Timor-Leste continually confide their votes in Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa in 2012, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste will forever live in infamy because the precedent is established, in which Elisa da Silva, a criminal-practicing staff, has once again received a second posting, after her first posting to the Consulate General of Timor-Leste in Sydney as a Third Secretary and despite her criminal behavior. In addition, given the non-existent of its own diplomatic statute, Ms. Elisa has been promoted to First Secretary position from Third Secretary without having to ever assume a Second Secretary position.
Meanwhile, there are numerous other staff who have joined the Ministry for years, but have not been given the opportunity as serving diplomats abroad. This is purely a politically motivated posting and Ms. Elisa’s new posting is construed as favoring her at the expense of others because of her circumstances in this case. Perhaps, this comes out as one of a handful of the Minister’s strategies in trying to build up support and gather votes for 2012 general election by winning the hearts and minds of criminal-practicing staff. Indisputably, given the Minister’s bad reputation, there will be at least only three (3) seats maximum or possibly less to be won at the next general election. Most of the present militants of Partido Social Democrata (Social Democratic Party) or PSD had deserted the party by joining the newly established party, under the leadership of the disgruntled former Secretary General of PSD, Mr. Fernando Gusmao who resigned from PSD citing arrogance in its present leadership. Also, Ms. Lucia Lobato, the diehard of PSD and the current Minister for Justice has left the party, taking with her substantial number of PSD supporters, possibly to CNRT party.
If an experienced Foreign Affairs’ staff and a diplomat who, albeit with questionable rudimentary knowledge of her own country, commits an act of criminal nature, what will prevent others from taking similar path?” Others with questionable behaviors will join the Timor-Leste Foreign Affairs because the Ministry condones unethical behaviors and such comportments will, without doubt, thrive. ------End-----

About the writer of the article:
Mr. Tony Duarte was the former Director General of Administration of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste during the AMP government. Whilst Fretilin government was in power, he has served as a Special Assistant to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. From 2007 to 2008, he has worked as a Project Coordinator for Timor-Leste Embassy in Beijing, China.
From 1999 until 2009, he has worked with United National Development Programme, International Non-Governmental Organization, the National Parliament, and For Profit Financial Institution.
He earned his degree in Business with major in Banking and Finance from Victoria University. At the same university, he completed his Diploma of Business. From the Australian Financial Markets Association, he earned his Diploma of Financial Services, which accredits him as a financial advisor.
He speaks Tetum, Indonesian, English, Portuguese and Spanish. He studied Spanish at Advanced Level from Victoria University.

Refleksaun ba Kanar Forsa Defesa Timor-Leste (F-FDTL)

By: Cesar Dias Quintas (Lere-Malai)
First Fulbright Scholar from Timor-Leste and Master of Art in Southeast Asian Studies Minor in Political Science

Iha loron hirak mai tan F-FDTL (Forsa Armada Libertasaun Nasional-Forsa Defesa Timor-Leste) ho povu tomak sei selebra nia aniversariu ba XXXV. Hanesan Timor-oan ida hau mos hakarak hato’o hau nia parabens ba F-FDTL nudar instituisaun forsa nasional Timor-Leste, ho hanoin ida katak iha futuru mai ita nia forsa armada sei sai hanesan defesa ba povo nebe iha integridade nasional par hatur lolos paz no stabilidade. Maski iha dezafiu no tentasaunn bar-barak, ita nia forsa nasional tenta konsege duni halo nia kanar tuir ita nia konstituisaun haruka.
Timor-oan parese hatene katak laos selebrasaun mak sai hanesan objetivu fundamental ida para instituisaun ne’e tinan-tinan selebra nia aniversariu maibe instituisaun militar nee persiza refleta katak iha ona tinan walu (8) nia laran sai hanesan instituisaun formal militar ida iha nasaun demokratiku persiza komesa hametin ona fundasaun disiplina no profesionalismu militar ba membru sira ho objetivo katak militar tenki ho mentalidade atu defende interese povo laos interese institusionalidade (institusionalismo). Estadu no povo tenki iha prinsipiu katak forsa armada tenki ho kualidade laos kuantidade. Militar labele hatais deit ho kamafladu kapas no fisikamente forte hatudu ba publiku katak ita nia forsa armada furak los maibe membrus militar tenki iha mos kapasidade no koportamentu (high-quality military performance) diak husi instituisaun laran to’o ba liur. Sira nia hahalok loro-loron persiza refleta tuir farda kapas (kamafladu) nebe sira hatais i fo imazen ba publiku katak iha parte seluk sira mos representante povo rai Timor-Leste, liu-liu wainhira sira sai ba servisu iha rai liur (estrangeiro).
Timor-oan tenki ho hanoin ida katak militar mos labele sai ameasa ba povo no stabilidade nasional nebe bazeia ho sistema demokratiku maibe militar tenki sai pilar boot ida ba paz no stabilidade, liu-liu ameasa husi internu no externa. Wainhira governo no estado hanoin deit aumenta kuantidade militar tamba deit hakarak loke campo de tarbalho (job creation), politika nee sei sai ameasa bot ida ba Timor-Leste nia prosesu dezenvolvimentu demokratiku. Timor-oan tenki iha mentalidade ida katak tama ou rekruta militar tamba atu didika nia a’an atu defende nasaun laos hanoin deit tama tamba nesesidade basiku para bele sutenta sira moris
Membru militar no instituisaun defesa persiza hatur ona pradigma foun atu estabelese funsaun no abjetivo forsa armada nasional. Iha rai demokratiku bara-barak, militar sai hanesan forsa ida atu hametin no implementa unidade nasional nebe refleta interese komun baseia ba konstituisaun. Membru militar tenki hatene sira nia kanar hanesan forsa tuir juramentu militar atu servi nasaun. Militar nia abut sai husi povo nee duni povo mak tenki iha forsa poder atu kontrola sistema militar. See Timor-Leste hakarak sai rai demokratiku persiza hare ba instituisaun militar hanesan elementus importante ida ba prosesu dezenvolvimentu, siknifika katak ho prezensa militar povu sente seguru fisikamente no pisikoliziamente. Iha rai sira foin dezenvolve, wainhira ema hasoru membru militar ida fardadus hanesan pisikoloziamentu sira sente intimidadu (tauk) i a’at liu mak membru sira lori kilat ba fatin-fatin publika sein iha autorizasun. Iha parte seluk, militar tenki hare civil/povo hanesan urgulho tamba povo bele fo konfiansa ba sira atu servi nasaun ida ho responsibilidade bot. Timor-oan lakohi ou hakarak F-FDTL sai ona nudar forsa armada nasional i Timor oan tomak persiza iha dever servisu hamutuk para kontribui ideas no matenek atu hadiak instutisaun militar tamba organizasaun militar sei la hamarik metin sein iha apoiu husi kompenetu hotu-hotu. See povo la fiar ona forsa armada, mak sei sai hanesan abtaklu bot ba proses dezenvolvimentu. Instoria Falintil tenki sai hanesan spiritu ida atu hametin instituisaun F-FDTL laos sai hanesan tendensia ida par halis ba interese forsa politik, espesialmente lider no partidu historiku labele utiliza instituisaun nee sai interese politika grupo ida.
Wainhira asembleia nasional aprova konstituisaun no Timor-oan sira ofisialmente deklara Timor-Leste sai rai ida soberanu iha dia 20 de Maio de 2002, iha tempu hanesan F-FDTL mos sai formalmente representa militar nasaun ida. Iha kapasidade profesionalismo no fasiladade nebe limitadu teb-tebes, Timor-Leste konsege hahu insitituisaun militar ida nebe ho fiar ida katak sei lori interese nasional liu sasan hotu-hotu. Prinsipiu hirak nee mos hetan apoiu makas husi povo no komunidade internasional katak militar sei sai komponentu ida para haburas prosesu dezenvolvimentu demokrasia. Povo Timor-Leste ho mehi bot ida katak sira nia rai sei moris ho hakmatek no traqulidade tamba Falintil hatudu ona kuaze tinan rua nulu resin hat (24) durante okupasaun Indonesia, maibe povo mos sei trauma wainhira hanoin fila hikas ba krizi militar iha 2006. Povo la-konsege hanoin ida katak membru instituisan F-FDTL sai hanesan hun ba krize nebe konsege konvida intervensaun militar husi rai liu hanesan Australia, Nova Zelandia, Malaysia no Portugal. Krize nee efeta mos aspeitu hotu-hotu, liu-liu paraliza aktividade ekonomiku iha rai laran. Falor independesia see la iha wainhira militar la asume nia responsibiliade atu defende povo i nudar sai hanesan instituisaun ida atu garantia paz no stabilidade ba sidadaun tomak.
Atu hari’i instituisaun forca armada ho profesionalimu no resposibilidade diak, komponentus hotu-hotu iha nasaun laran persiza iha interse komun (common interest) nebe reflekta nasionalismu atu hametin paz no tranquilidade. Iha parte seluk, Timor-oan tenki ho hanoin ho tetu didiak katak Timor-Leste sei persiza forsa armada ga lae? Uluk antes independensia Presidente CNRT no komodante supreme Falintil, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao iha nia intervista ba media internasional, hato’o katak Timor-Lorosae sei la persiza forca armada. Maibe wainhira tama ba independensia iha mudansa iklima politika nebe asembleia nebe tranforma sai parlamentu nasional, domina husi partido Frtilin kria duni forsa armada ho naran agora F-FDTL. Durante iha tempu ida nee nia laran, jornalistas no media la konsege husu tan ba Presidente Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao konaba transformsaun Falintil ba F-FDTL, liu-liu kona nia ideas Timor-Leste sei la iha forsa armada. Husi prosesu nee, Timor-oan persiza halo refleksaun profundu ida katak sira sei persiza duni forsa armada iha rai ida hanesan Timor-Leste ga lae. Wainhira Timor-oan persiza duni forsa armada, saida mak parsiza atu halo par bele hametin instituisaun forsa armada sai hanesan pilar stabilidade iha kualker tempu ba prosesu longu prazu.
Ita labele iha hanoin ida kata F-FDTL nee hanesan simboliku ida ou hanesan organizasaun istoriku para Timor-oan bele adora deit. Hanoin ida nee bele pergosu tebes ba nasaun demokratiku ida tamba hanoin nee sei hamusu interpertasaun oin-oin i ema balun sei utilliza instituisaun par atu arkansa sira nia interese politiku. Timor-oan persiza hanoin katak see F-FDTL mosu tamba iha fator external deit, pontu nee ladun iha razaun tamba Timor-Leste la iha inimigu iha kontekstu regional no internasional, espesilamente iha era ida nebe kuaze estabelese komuniade demokratiku internasional. Rai seluk-seluk kuaze la iha ona vontade atu invade ou ataka malu ho asaun militar. See intituisaun militar see kria deit instabilidade no gasta osamentu estadu, Timor-Leste persiza hanoin no tetu didiak. Tuir autor nia hanoin, see instituisaun nee hakruk deit ba liders no partidus historiku deit nomos sai fali forsa instabilidade i la submete nia a’an ba regras ho lei entau iha rasaun atu bele hamenus nia membrus ou gradualmente bele desolve.
Maibe agora dadaun ita hare katak Republika Demokratiku Timor-Leste hakas a’an ona atu dezenvolve ninia instituisaun forsa armada sai hanesan militar profesional nebe hakruk a’an ba povo nia interese, espesialmente povo mak sei kontrola institusaun militar ninia (Military under civilian role). Preimeiro eleitu governo konstitusional Timor-Leste no segundo eleito guverno nebe lidera husi Premeiro Ministro Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao tenta halo ona politika atu hadia no dezenvolve instituisaun militar sai hanesan forsa defesa nasional nebe defende interse nasional ho professional maximu. Maibe iha aspeitu balun nebe sidauk bele fo konfiansa totalmente ba povo katak institusisaun militar sei la-halis ba partidu politiku ida no emosionalmente la inklina ba grupu ida. Nee hatudu ona iha krize 2006 nebe instituisaun militar ho polisi mak sai hanesan hun ba instabilidade nasional. Instituisaun rua nee lolos iha hanoin ida katak imparsialidade mak sai hanesan sira nia prinsipiu basiku. Insitituisaun rua nee lolos labele iha mentaliade heroismu, veteranismu, regionalismu no grupu arte-marsias. Membru instituisaun persiza hatene kona ba definisaun disiplina iha konteksu nebe klean, hanesan ema tama militar tamba sira hakarak didika sira nia a’an ba nasaun no rai Timor-Leste. Politiku nain sira tenki iha mentalidade ida katak militar no polisia tenki assume sira nia responsibilidade tuir regras no leis nebe konsagra iha konstituisaun.
Timor-oan hotu hatene katak F-FDTL sei nurak hela atu satan no defende ita nia rai ho profisionalsimo ida hanesan rai seluk. Lian fuan nee ita persiza elabora wainhira ita hato’o ba publiku tamba hanoin nee ladun eduka ita nia forza sira sai membru militar professional. Povo perzisa fo nia apoiu maxima ba dezenvolvimentu forsa armadas iha kontekstu rai demokratiku. Atu hetan objetivu ida nee, instituisaun persiza hadia metalidade membrus sira husi veteranu resistensia ba militar profisional no hanoin nasional ba kontekstu standard internasional. Membru sira persiza hasae sira nia matenek liu husi trainamentu no haruka sira bele iskola tan iha universidade konaba assuntus leis, justisa, direitus, saude buat seluk-seluk tan. Unversidade sira mos bele servisu hamutuk ho instituisaun militar bele iha intreasaun enter estudante sira atraves husi siminariu, estaziu, peskiza, despotu, servisu sosial ho parte seluk-seluk tan. Instituisaun militar persiza loke a’an ba publiku par simu kritikas, sugestaun no intereasaun direitamente entre povo ho membru militar sira; porzemplu, aniversariu F-FDTL laos deit selebra liu husi deportus maibe bele mos konvida povo, liu-liu joven sira par visita militar sira nia fatin (kurter geral) nune sira bele hatene no habesik a’an ba instituisaun nee, loke mos debates ou siminariu bar-barak konaba kanar F-FDTL iha rai ida demokratiku.
Ema balun dehan katak naran organizasaun bele efeta politika no komoprtamentu instituisaun ninian, liu-liu mentalidade membru sira. Hipotesa ida nee mos bele akontese ba Timor-Leste nia forsa armada nasional F-FDTL (Forsa Armada Libertasaun Nasional-Forsa Defesa Timor-Leste) nebe sei lori naran istoriku nebe adopta husi istoriku funu nian, tranformasaun husi Falintil nebe husi partidu Fretilin ikus mai hamutuk ho CNRT. Karik Timor oan hotu hatene katak Falintil moris husi partido Fretilin nebe sai forsa libertasaun nasional wainhira Komando Supremi Falintil, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao lori sai organisaun forsa nee sai husi organisaun partidu. Maibe iha pergunta ida katak see F-FDTL selebra nia aniversariu husi oraganizasaun nee moris, Fretilin mak iha direitu liu atu selebra hamutuk ho instituisaun militar nee. Purtantu iha parte ida Timor-Leste sei iha problema ida atu hatur lolos posisaun F-FDTL iha kontekstu ba paradigma foun no independensia kona ba forsa defesa nasional. Ida nee persiza halo aviliasaun profundu atu nune bele hetan konseitu foun lori sai F-FDTL husi paradigma uluk ninia.
Iha parte balun, membru veteranu balun sidauk totalmente muda sira nia hanoin kuandu sai membru F-FDTL, liu-liu eis membru Falintil sira. Tuir hau nia opinion katak emosionalmente membrus veteranus Falintil balun sidauk kompletamenta sai husi memoria ida nebe hakesi no hahoris sira, hanesan partido Fretilin no sira nia komadante supreme durante hamutuk ho sira iha a’i laran durante okupasaun Indonesia. Situasaun ida nee laos fasil atu direitamentu ilimina husi hanoin membrus veteranus sira maibe sira mos persiza iha hanoin ida katak naran F-FDTL laos atu kria superiodade enter membrus veteranus ho membrus selu-seluk. Instituisaun militar nasional hamarik iha povo nia let, povo mak iha poder liu atu for kritikas no dezolve liu husi sira mandatu iha parlamentu. Povu nia osan mak for hatais no selu militar nia salariu, purtantu militar tenki hakruk ba povu nia mandatu.
Forsa armada persiza sai elementus importante ba prosesu hari’i nasaun (nation-building); azuda hamunus kiak liu husi sistema dezentralisaun, edukasaun sosial, unalfabetasaun, intervensaun ba desaster naturais i buat barak tan bele involve membru F-FDTL. Tamba membru militar hetan treinamentu disiplinar no organizadu, iha ikipa militer ho sufiseinte fasil atu involve sira iha programa dezenvovimentu nasaun ninian, liu-liu situasaun emegensia. Purzemplu, programa distribuisaun fo’os MTCI; lolos guverno lalika aluga kareta no selu ema para bele distribui fo’os karun sira nebe hetan reasaun negative husi ema barak no nis jestaun ladun efetivu. Distribuisaun fo’os sei Fasil no lalais liu see governu bele halo kooperasaun no koodenasaun ho institusaun militar para bele utiliza kareta, fasilidade no membrus F-FDTL atu halao servisu hirak nee. Ida nee parte ki’ik ida que militar bele halo nia kanar i bele dada militar atu habesik a’an ba povu.
Parte seluk, institusionalmente F-FDTL sidauk totalmente resolve problema nebe mosu iha instituisaun laran, liu-liu kazu petisionaritas ho Alfredo Reinaldo nebe hatutan ba planu atentadu atu oho presidente da republika Jose Ramos Horta. Kazu hirak nee problema internu F-FDTL nia, nee duni militarmente tenki iha espilikasuan no legalmente insitituisaun maka iha puder atu for resposta kona ba kazu hirak nee. Kazu krisi 2006, see mak lolos responsabiliza, membru ou instituisaun militar? Pergunta ida nee mos bele direze ba presidente da republika 2002-2007 nebe hanesan iha direito konstitusional atu responde F-FDTL nebe sai hun ba krizi nasional. See membru sira mak sai autor kazu krize, tenki iha atuasaun konreta atu prosesa ba tribunal, see insitituisaun militar mak sala, tenki remodilizasaun organizasaun ho lei organiku militar ninia, nomos halo mudansa klean liu ba politika defesa nian. Iha parte seluk estadu persiza hare ona par bele hari’i tribunal militar par bele atende kasu-kasu militar nebe tuir lei organiku militar haruka. Governo atraves husi Secretariu Estadu Defesa persiza komeza hanoin atu fo apoiu politika maximu atu hamenus problema hirak iha institusaun militar nia laran.

Instituisaun militar persiza hanoin katak eisperinsia kazu petisionatista no Alfredo tenta para labele akontese tan iha future. Kazu nee bele halo forsa defesa Timor-Leste persiza halo reformasaun maximu ba mentalidade membru forsa iha area kapasitasaun no disiplinar militar par hases a’an husi tentasaun oin-oin, liu-liu la hakafodak ho osan no posisaun. Husi kontekstu ida nee, kanar estadu no guverno sai esensial tebes par for apoiu maximu iha nivel general to’o soldadu sira. Estado ho governo persiza komesa hanoin ba longo prazu nia, ita hatene katak governo iha planu ona hanaran “planu 2020” maibe stratezikamente planu nee sidauk iha tendensia vontade politika atu konretamente aplika iha pratika. Ida nee hanesan mahi ida ba future insitituisaun militar maibe persiza mos iha debate klean liu ho publiku atu nune publiku bele hatene insitituisaun nee bele sai representante parte defesa Timor-Leste nia. Parte seluk, estadu no guverno persiza komesa hanoin politika ida atu kria konseitu pensaun ba membru F-FDTL iha future. Assuntu nee sensitivu ituan tamba ita hatene katak veteranus Falintil sei barak i estadu sei kuidadu tebes atu hare lolos no determina politika promosaun no pensaun. Tamba Timor-oan bele hare membru F-FDTL nebe los iha kapasidade no resposibilidade husi jerasaun foun atu troka jerasun tuan wainhira sira nia tempu atu reforma. Problema nee autor bele hare hanesan sai dezafiu ida ba lider estadu no governo ho kuidadu tebes atu halo aviliasaun no desizaun kona promosaun ho pensaun tamba assuntu nee bele hamusu tendensia oin-oin.
Ikus mai ita hotu fiar katak neneik ou lalais Timor-oan sei bele resolve problema nebe forsa defesa infrenta. Problema forsa defesa sai problema ba Timor-oan tomak, nee duni estado no governu persiza loke problema F-FDTL sai hanesan assuntu nasional nebe simu kritikas no suzestaun. Politika F-FDTL tenki refleta valor nasionalismo nebe maintain unidade, stabilidade no sistema demokratiku bazeia ba regras no leis. F-FDTL labele iha hanoin atu inklina ba forsa politiku ou interes gropu ida, instituisaun nee tenki iha prinsipu atu servi ba ema hotu-hotu (imparsialidade), siknifika katak dever atu for siguransa ba sidadaun hotu-hotu iha kualker situasaun. Dala ida tan, kualker planu ba forsa defesa Timor-Leste sei hetan suksesu wainhira memberu militar, sosidade sivil, estadu no governo iha duni boa vontade apoiu dezemvolvimentu instituisaun militar sai hanesan forsa armada nasional.

Two Indonesian suspected of Drug Dealer sent to Becora Prison last night

After long hours of preliminary investigation, the Dili District court has sent another two suspected drugs dealers to Becora Prison. As noted in previous reports two Indonesian citizens currently working as and an engineer and an accountant in an Indonesian owned construction company known as "BTK" and "Holiwono". They were arrested near by the BTK compound in Dili on 09/08/2010 by East Timorese Police. The Judge decided to put them in preventive detention for six months for further investigation until such time as the case can go to trial.

Several Indonesian citizen have already been arrested and jailed due to their involvement in dealing drugs in East Timor.

On 25 of May 2009 at Carla Mansion Hotel in Dili an Indonesian drug dealer named Budi Santoso was arrested and later sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. At the same time night East Timorese police also arrested Indonesian citizen Ms. Rinda Sari Tamsil. She was brought before the court and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.  However, Tamsil escaped custody and is ow believed to be in West Timor in Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT).

Mr. Budi is now serving his prison term in East Timor's main prison in Becora, Dili.

Another suspected drug dealer was arrested sometime ago but remains at large.

East Timorese security agencies are suspicious of the involvement the boss of BTK in the case of drug trafficking in East Timor. But Mr. Frans BTK denies any wrong doing. “They
are innocent and I am here to help East Timor,” said Frans. “I am catholic and I swear to God and the Holy Land of Timor,” he added.  

On the other hand the the lawyer for the two suspects tried to obtain their release.  "My clients are not the real suspects because when they were arrested the police found nothing with them but the police found the "sabu sabu" [narcotics] in somebody else's bag,” said Angelo [defence lawyer]. He continued, “Where are the other two suspects? Those suspects are the ones trying to sell the sabu-sabu to my clients but the price is very expensive so my clients decided not to buy.” 

But the authorities said the two suspects are actually the ones trying to seel as opposed to buy the narcotics, and the buyers were police informants.  They also claim to have a register of phone calls and SMS text messages in communication between the suspects with the two police informant. END

THE LAST DAY TOURISMU HOTEL SEEM AS THE DAY ROGER EAST LEFT

In this Picture shows a civil servant from East Timor Justice Ministry under Land and Property department came to notified Mario Inglesh and Manuel Borges to vacant Tourismo Hotel even the case still in the court. After several months now the company which awarded to the right to build a new Tourismo Hotel still trying to remove the legacy of Last place for Roger East stayed in December 1975.

Manuel Borges and Mario Inglesh has been as the operator for this hotel since East Timor Independence. Now they left their business because took over by Mr. Jorge Serano and his collegues. This Hotel is a problematic and many other companies looking for the opportunity to get right to use the sight. Early this year the Ministry of Justice has tender the place and invited several interested parties who express their interest.
In an opened tender a joint venture under the name of Mega Socieade won the tender and Media group was in the second place but later the Ministry of Justice change its decision to shift the result to Media Group.