Fiarfax Digital
Lindsay Murdoch
August 8, 2006
Several people are believed injured and up to six houses burnt down in the worst attacks in the city since the prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, was forced from office in June. In one incident, young gang members pushed their way into a church screaming "Kill all easterners". Australian and other international police dispersed between 300 and 400 people on Friday, days after Australia announced it was preparing to reduce further the number of its troops and amount of equipment in the country.
The acting commander of Australia's 200-strong police contingent, Tim Dahlstrom, said last night that police had made more than 40 arrests in three days.
He said police were investigating what had prompted the violence after weeks of calm.
Some of the gang members were believed to be supporters of the rebel military officer Alfredo Reinado, who was recently arrested on firearms charges by Australian peacekeepers, observers in Dili said.
Others are believed to be western East Timorese who have vowed to force easterners from the city. Several Australians living in Dili said yesterday that sporadic violence had broken out since Friday, with gangs of up to 100 people seen in different locations. Extra police were called to disperse rock-throwing youths in the Comoro district and near the Australian embassy in the early hours of yesterday.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has backed attempts to bring to justice hundreds of people, most of them Indonesians, responsible for atrocities committed in East Timor in 1999. He recommended the establishment of a new UN program to help the country achieve justice and reconciliation. It would include a UN-funded serious crimes unit that had its funding withdrawn in May last year.
East Timor's Prime Minister, Jose Ramos Horta, and President, Xanana Gusmao, have said prosecuting Indonesians would not be in the best interests of their country.
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Youths arrested in wave of violence across Dili
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President Xanana, the charismatic leader of Timor-Leste can put a stop to all this with another hour and a half speech to the nation. But the fact that he is not doing anything to prevent this kinds of attack make me suspicious about his integrity. Where is the national unity he has been preaching?...
Prosecuting Indonesians is not the best interest of their country! Prosecuting Indonesians Generals responsible for the atrocities in East Timor is in the best interest of East Timor! The problem is that we have a pair of gutless yes-men looking after the interest of others! Moreover if one abets a criminal, he himself is a criminal.
Fote Make Riba
Unfortunelly not only the above mentioned. What about the one who was kicked out, the former prime minister? He was the absolute power in East Timor for almost 5 years. The boss of the gang!!!
Hey Dick Head, we are talking about Indonesians Generals, the Bapas you understand! I can smell Timorasil in the above comment! Are you a tick or something similar? Keep studying, you will go far, may be in 40 years time! Your English is as bad as your Portuguese, but keep trying, cause you are a smart arse!
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Jovens presos numa onda de violência através de Dili
Fiarfax Digital
Lindsay Murdoch
Agosto 8, 2006
Várias pessoas feridas e seis casas queimadas no pior ataque na cidade desde que o primeiro-ministro, Mari Alkatiri, saiu forçado do seu gabinete em Junho. Num incidente, jovens membros dum gang entraram à força numa igreja gritando “Matem todos os do leste!”. Polícias Australianos e outros internacionais dispersaram entre 300 e 400 pessoas na Sexta-feira, dias depois da Austrália ter anunciado que se preparava para reduzir ainda mais o número das suas tropas e equipamentos no país.
O comandante do contingente policial de 200 elementos da Austrália, Tim Dahlstrom, disse ontem à noite que a polícia em três dias tinha feito mais de 40 prisões.
Disse que a polícia estava a investigar o que tinha despoletado a violência depois de semanas de calma.
Acredita-se que alguns dos membros do gang são apoiantes do amotinado oficial militar Alfredo Reinado, que foi preso recentemente por acusações de armas por tropas Australianas, disseram observadores em Dili.
Acredita-se que outros são do oeste de Timor-Leste que juraram forçar os do leste para fora da cidade. Vários Australianos que moram em Dili disseram ontem que desde Sexta-feira tem havido violência esporádica, com gangs de até 100 pessoas vistos em diferentes locais. Foi chamada polícia extra para dispersar jovens a atirar pedras no distrito de Comoro e perto da Embaixada Australiana nas primeiras horas de ontem.
Entretanto, O Secretário-geral das Nações Unidas, Kofi Annan, apoiou tentativas para levar à justiça centenas de pessoas, a maioria delas Indonésias, responsáveis por atrocidades cometidas em Timor-Leste em 1999. Recomendou o estabelecimento de um novo programa da ONU para ajudar o país a atingir a justiça e a reconciliação. Incluiria uma Unidade para crimes sérios financiada pela ONU que teve o seu financiamento retirado em Maio do ano passado.
O Primeiro-Ministro Timor-Leste, José Ramos Horta, e o Presidente, Xanana Gusmão, disseram que processar Indonésios não é do melhor interesse do seu país.
I just had this brillant idea!
If GNR keeps on arresting the youth in Timor they may just solve RH unemployment problem.
Margarida what do you think?
This is in line with Ameida Santos
brillantism.Don't you reckon?
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