Thanks to John from ETAN - here's the link for the Independent Commission's Inquiry on what happened here in Timor. It's also available in Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia, and of course Tetum. On my way in today, i saw a cleaning lady reading a document, with her brows furrowed in concentration. Hours later, i walked past her again and this time she was surrounded by at least 4 others who were keenly listening to her as she read out word by word the report in Tetum. I would say she's about halfway through - probably past the juicy stuff and into the more technical boring literature.
I myself felt that the report gave a lot of insight into what was actually happening on those days 28th APril, 23rd May - 25th May because we ourselves being here and with bad communications and unreliable media and no reliable source of information at that time were not completely aware of the battles being raged up the hills, or even in Tibar or Comoro. Dili is small but not that small. A lot of stuff happening in those corners you wouldn't hear unless you actually ventured out. At least now I know what was all that boom boom boom going on in Becora on 24th and 25th May exactly was about. And the report also clearly stated the ambiguities of loyalties for the Police and Army - we can't anymore say for sure (as before)that the police is pro-alkatiri and army pro-xanana anymore really. the subtleties are really intriguing and insightful. It also broke my heart to think that one of our timorese police friend who was shot was actually called back to the police hq that morning of 25th almost deliberately into the line of fire!
ETAN (East Timor & Indonesia Action Network) has also posted a response at this link I haven't read it as yet so i won't say anything except that I'm not from ETAN and linking this does not represent my personal views! ;-)
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