Claim illness and Get a Get Out of Jail Free Card.

Rai Los, Rogerio Lobato and now Maternus Bere.

What do they all have in common.

They are all accused of serious crimes, and the case of Rai Los and Rogerio Lobato they are convicted of these crimes.

However, in order escape the natural course of justice they are all given their freedom.  And they all spend time in the medical system of a foreign country, courtesy of the government of 
Timor-Leste in order to walk free.  The Government now says poor Bere is ill and needs to go home for medical care.

This country is really becoming something of a joke.  

Too bad the joke is in such poor taste.

Dragon in Timor?

Thoughts on China and Timor from a graduate of Peoples Liberation Army National Defense University (PLANDU).

Excerpts:

"China strongly opposed the opening of a Taiwanese Trade and Cultural exchange office in Dili and aggressively moved to bar an unofficial Taiwanese delegation from visiting the country in early 2006".

"Chinese companies are interested in exploiting Timor-Leste’s rich natural resources, particularly oil and gas"

"In 2006, intermediaries for PetroChina told the Timorese authorities that the company would be willing to exploit the onshore oil fields if the Dili government were to grant the Chinese exclusivity rights to the exploitation of all oil and natural gas resources found onshore."

“China is willing to assist Timor-Leste in any way beneficial to the government and people of this country. If the Timorese believe that a refinery is in their best interest, we shall study their request carefully and respond in the spirit of friendship and solidarity to the mutual
benefit of our brotherly nations”

"The resulting domestic and international criticism of the government’s decision [to buy Chinese patrols boats] makes it rather unlikely that the government will make any major weapons purchases from the PRC in the near future"

Here comes the Sun

Here comes the son, here comes the son,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the son, here comes the son
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the son, here comes the son
and I say it's all right

Son, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the son, here comes the son,
and I say it's all right
It's all right