Longuinhos: Missing PNTL guns no impact on security

Twenty-seven hand guns and four HK33 semiautomatic assault riffles belonging to PNTL remain unaccounted for. They went missing during the 2006 crisis and have not been recovered ever since despite much effort. “One missing gun is bad enough, let alone thirty one. This is a very serious and dangerous situation,” said one East Timorese to the Dili Weekly.

HK33 semiautomatic assault riffle

However, according to the chief of PNTL, Dr Longuinhos Monteiro, these missing weapons do not pose any threat to security and stability (Timor Post, 12/1/2013). He urges everyone to stop with their negativity and focus on the positive. "We cannot think about the bad only. We must be optimist, that from here on it will be better," he said.

Meanwhile, Longuinhos also announced that the PNTL is going to suspend officers who were responsible for losing another assault riffle, an FNC, in 2012. According to Timor Post (14/1/2013), the riffle went missing while the bearer was in the middle of committing an affair with another man's wife.

Still on the issue of guns, Julio Thomas Pinto, the secretary of state for defence, announced that this year the government will buy new riffles for F-FDTL.

Jornal Timor Post
Sabadu, 12 Janeiru 2013
Longuinhos Monteiro: “Kilat 31 Ne’ebe Lakon La Fo Impaktu Seguransa” 

Komandante Jeral Polisia Nasional Timor-Leste (PNTL), Komisariu Longuinhos Monteiro, deklara kilat 31 husi instituisaun PNTL ne’ebe lakon iha Krize 2006 sei la fo impaktu ba seguransa iha rai laran. 

“Hau hanoin kilat neebe lakon, ne’e la fo impaktu ba estabilidade seguransa iha rai laran,” dehan Komisariu Longuinhos Monteiro ba Jornalista sira, iha Kuartel jeral PNTL, Caicoli, Dili, Sesta (11/1). 

Tuir longuinhos katak, situasaun iha rai laran oras ne’e dadaun la’o hakmatek no kontroladu, tanba iha preparasaun no kontrolu ne’ebe diak husi parte seguransa.
“Ita labele iha hanoin ida a’at deit, ita tenki optimismu katak ba oin ita sei diak liu tan,” dehan Longuinhos. 

Longuinhos konfesa, nia parte fo ona orientasaun ba komandante Distritu 13 atu bele asegura no mantein seguransa iha ida-idak nia distritu durante 2013 nia laran. 

Jornal Timor Post
Segunda-feira, 14 Janeiru 2013
“Komando PNTL Suspende Ona Ofisial Halakon Kilat” 

Komandu Polisia Nasional Timor Leste (PNTL) foti ona desizaun suspende ofisial PNTL ne’ebe halakon kilat ho marka FNC iha fulan Agustu 2012 liu ba. 

Komandante Jeral PNTL, Komisariu Longuinhos Monteiro, konfesa ofisial PNTL ne’ebe halakon kilat hetan ona prosesu displinar husi komandu PNTL iha 2012 liu ba. 

“Agora tama ona iha prosesu displinar, hau simu relatoriu husi inspektur jeral katak, nia hetan ona sansaun, ha’u la fiksa nia data, mais sansaun sai tiha ona iha fulan Novembru 2012 karik,” hateten komandante Jeral PNTL, Longuinhos Monteiro iha kapital Dili (12/01). 

Tuir informasaun antes ne’e katak, kilat FNC ne’e lakon iha parte area Pantai kelapa wainhira ofisial PNTL ne’e ba halo relasaun ho ema nia fen kaben iha Agostu 2012 liu ba.

Jornal Timor Post
Segunda-feira, 14 Janeiru 2013
“Governu Sei Sosa Kilat Foun Ba F-FDTL” 

Governu komesa foti ona desizaun hodi sosa tan kilat ba instituisaun FALINTIL-Forsa Defeza Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), hodi troka kilat tuan ne’ebe durante ne’e iha instituisaun F-FDTL. 

Sekretariu Estadu Defeza (SED), Julio Tomas Pinto, ba Jornalista sira informa, governu iha ona desizaun hodi sosa kilat ba iha instituisaun F-FDTL iha tinan 2013 nia laran. 

“Agora sosa kilat ne’e ninia prosesu lao hela, mais hau la kohi esplika prosesu ida ne’e, tanba ida ne’e halo nusa mak ita ba esplika fali iha publiku, mais tinan ida ne’e kilat mai ona, troka ita nia kilat sira ne’ebe tuan ona,” dehan SED, Julio Thomas Pinto, iha Palasiu Governu foin lalais ne’e. 

Nia dehan, kilat ne’ebe governu hanoin atu sosa ba iha instituisaun F-FDTL la’os buat ida ne’ebe fasil hanesan sosa ropa iha loza, maibe sei liu husi prosedimentu. 

“Ita tenki hatene sosa kilat ne’e laos buat bai-bain, tanba ninia prosedimentu naruk,” tenik Julio Thomas Pinto. 

Ho ida ne’e Julio dehan, nia parte lakohi infrma ba publiku hanesan instituisaun seluk nian ne’ebe sosa kilat tenki publika atu ema hotu hatene kilat ne’ebe sei sosa. 

“Hau lakohi esplika hanesan instituisaun sira seluk, atu esplika prosesu kilat no modelu kilat ne’e hotu,” hateten SED Julio Thomas. 

Nia dehan, prosesu sosa kilat ne’e lao hela no governu serviso hamutuk ho nasaun sira ne’ebe merese atu bele supay kilat mai iha Timor Leste. 

“Agora karta ida mai tiha ona atu F-FDTL bele ba haree kilat ne’ebe ita atu sosa, hau lakohi esplika detaillu ba publiku, maibe hau fiar katak kilat ne’e sei to’o,” dehan nia. 

Maski nune’e, Julio Thomas Pinto mos lakohi esplika kona ba tipu kilat no kuantidade kilat ne’ebe sei sosa no husi nasaun ne’ebe, maibe kilat ne’e sei sosa iha tinan 2013.