PNTL Officer with F-FDTL Minimi Light Machine.

For more follow Joe here.

Violence Shall Meet Violence 4 days after PNTL Handover?

OJE 2011 #7 - Pilots for PNTL and FDTL.

People train to be pilots if they are going to have planes and or helicopters to fly.  Unless of course you need a pilots license for an APC or a patrol boat.  Planes and helicopters in OJE 2012?

for complete info see:

http://www.laohamutuk.org/econ/OGE11/ExpenditureEn.pdf

Laos mane deit katak hadomi kilat

Calendario PNTL 2010: Sira Hadomi Kilat

PNTL Glock Style

Maun Bo'ot nia Kolega: gosta atu halimar kilat, nu sa?

Kilat - dala ida tan

Lae, ami la fahe kilat ba ema sipil/pntl iha 2006, nunka! Se mak bosok ba se?

First there was One, and then Two - PNTL UIR Watercannon

Stuff for Jendral Longuinos

The people that sell this equipment move in the same circles as people who sells guns.

All photos from a FRETILIN Member of Parliament's facebook page.

ADF Teaches Jendral Longuinos How to Shoot Rifles

Is this really necessary? Or is it just a clumsy Australian tactic to influence the Jendral?

Soldiers, Police. Or is it Police, Soldiers? Who are we? What are we?

These gentlemen are police who want to be soldiers.

The gentlemen are soldiers who want to be police.

20 May 2009

Jendral PNTL Hadomi Ninia Kilat Naruk.

The PNTL General Loves His Long Arms. (pictured in Indonesia, with alot of people, who can source alot of guns).

The United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste likes to tell everyone how great their "police project" is in Timor - and the handover is underway.

In private the UN, but not UNPOL, admit that it is a total mess.

The Centre for International Cooperation in New York asserts it is a dud.

Handing over what, and to whom?

Several days ago, TVTL carried footage of PNTL training in Atabae, Bobonaro. The training consisted of 150-200 PNTL (Battlhao Ordre Publiku), formerly UIR and URP officers. The training was lead by Jendral Longuinos (earlier noted on this blog here, here and here).

Not only was the training notable for it being lead by the Commander of Police personally (featuring camoflage painted face), but that it consisted of military training tactics using long arms designed to kill opponents, as opposed to arresting suspected criminals.

They like to train with rifles in central Dili as well.

Is UNPOL really in charge of anything at all when it comes to policing in Timor-Leste? Ask the Treeplanter.....

The TV footage was so alarming that many people in Dili are concerned, and the gossip mill has started. Member of Parliament Fernanda Borges even raised the matter in Parliament.

Police weapons are historically not very well controlled either. PNTL officers themselves often lose or loan them and cannot seem to get them back when they want to.

The FALINTIL-FDTL (the defence force are annoyed in the extreme).

Additionally, PNTL has announced plans to increase the force by 10% or another 300 officers.

Finally, and most alarmingly it is reported that Jendral Longuinos went on a shopping trip in java - Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bandung and Solo. There he checked out uniforms and weapons. While nothing final yet - the Jendral is looking around for more guns.... Remember the same of company named SITREX based in Solo, Java.

Is this not how 2006 started? With HK33 Rifles in 2004?

Civil society is worried, members of parliament are concerned, F-FDTL is annoyed, does the head of the UN in Dili have an opinion? Probably not, he did not even raise a peep when Maternus Bere was released, leaving it to Ban Ki-Moon to make a statement. Then again he was here when PNTL bought HK33s, Steyrs, in the first place.

Jendral Muda Komandate PNTL sira - Basilio Sae Ba Chefe Admin

Jendral Longuinos Monteiro muda ninian elementos PNTL ba fatin ba-barak. Interessante teb-tebes Inspektor Basilio de Jesus sai ba Komandate Administrasaun - maibe uluk nia halo sala barak bainhira nia kaer Direktor Administrasaun.....? Uluk sira dehan katak nia lakon ninia kilat ka fo kilat FNC ba ninia tiu iha Suai...

Atu lei artgo tan kona ba Jendral LM hare iha ne'e no iha ne'e