Goodbye Conflict. Hello Development. HK33

It seems some one did not tell UPF PNTL that this is the year of Goodbye Conflict. Hello Developments. These photos taken my a viewer of this blog at 1500 12 August 2009. It shows 30-45 PNTL training with HK33 rifles in central Dili near Motael Church. Some people continue to like their guns in central Dili.


























For a unit charged with border security they seem a long way from home. They were being "trained" by some other officers from the police academy.

HK33s - the beginning of a long and winding road.

On 21 May 2004, nearly four years ago, then Prime Minister Alkitiri and then Foreign Minister Ramos-Horta meet a Malaysian Airforce plane at Nicolau Airport to greet 200 new HK33 semiautomatic assault rifles. These rifles came free of charge and were destined for the PNTL border police.