East Timor Legal News 6 April 2009

FONGTIL urges Government to take serious crime perpetrators to court Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 6 April 2009 - The Timorese Forum of NGOs (FONGTIL) has urged the Government to show its commitment to justice by taking perpetrators of serious crimes to the court.

Donor support is needed for democracy investment: PM Gusmao Timor Post 6 April 2009 - Prime Minister Xanana GusmaoXanana Gusmao said Timor-Leste really needed optimal support from the donors coming to invest in democracy building.

Pessoa and Ximenes to strengthen judicial system Suara Timor Lorosae 6 April 2009 - President Jose Ramos Horta believed that the president of the Appellate Court, Claudio Ximenes, and the Prosecutor General, Ana Pessoa Pinto, would cooperate in strengthening the judicial system.

Horta believes in Ximenes to improve judicial system Timor Post 6 April 2009 - Jose Ramos Horta continues believing in Appellate Court President Claudio Ximenes' capacity to improve judicial system.

No way for desertion: Pinto Suara Timor Lorosae 6 April 2009 - State Secretary for Defense, Julio Tomas Pinto, said there was no way for the defence force soldiers to desert their barracs as they did in 2006, because the Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) currently has a strong discipline regulation.

Massacre victims in Likisa should get justice: Priest Rafael Timor Post 6 April 2009 - Priest Rafael said it was important for the victims and families of the massacre on 6 April 1999 by Indonesia's militiamen in 1999 at Likisa Church to get justice.