03 July 2009

East Timor Legal News 3 July 2009

Police arrest 20 prostitutes at Hotel Macau Timor Post 3 July 2009 The Timorese National Police (PNTL) has arrested 20 foreign nationals who are suspected of being involved in prostitution in the Capital Dili. (see also The Social Problem of Prostitution in East Timor on East Timor Law Journal)

PNTL commander to withdraw border police officers Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 3 July 2009 Timorese Police Commander General Commissioner Longinhos Monteiro has threatened to withdraw 65 of the Timorese Border Police (UPF) officers in Oe-cusse as they are suspected of being involved in illegal money collection.

Horta asks for the FBI's help to train Timorese police Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 3 July 2009 President Jose Ramos Horta has talked to the US ambassador to Timor-Leste about contacting the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to help train the Timorese Investigation Police Unit so that the Timorese police could better improve their skills.

STAE ready to conduct village chiefs elections Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 3 July 2009 Director for the Technical Electoral Administration (SATE), Thomas Cabral, said the STAE was now ready to conduct village chiefs elections in the near future.

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