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Author: Zico
Avrigado avrigado .. .. Come in and sit down, “said East Timorese police. The police uniform striped blue gray seemed friendly. They greeted all the troupe from Indonesia who came to the Border Security Post Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (RDTL).
Pos marked with a signboard. At the billboard was written in Portuguese or Puorto “Bemvindo The Posto de Unidade de Policia de Fronteira em Naruk Cowa-Has-Bobonaro Balibo.” That is, “Welcome to the Post UPF Has Naruk, Cowa, Balibo, Bobonaro.”
The guests who come are the group of Indonesian journalists, including media + seconds. The group delivered four members of the TNI who are members of Task Force Pamtas RI-Democratic Republic of Timor Leste who served in the Post Solare, Tulakadi Village, Eastern District Tasifeto, Belu regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).
East Timorese police and then invited the group to sit in a traditional hut typical of East Timor made of wood and covered with palm leaf roofs. This hut is a traditional meeting place of people on the island of Timor.
Beside the hut stood a new building measuring about 10 x 10 meters which is used as the Security Guard Post. In front of fluttering flags building Timor Leste, which adopted the flag of the movement Frente de Timor Leste Independente Revolucionare (Fretilin). 20 Meters in front of it stands as high as 10-15 meters of Post Review. From this review the post clearly visible Pos Solare, RI-RDTL Pamtas Task Force, Infantry 743/PYS.
East Timorese police initially seemed stiff and suspicious accept guests arriving. But after a talk to members of the TNI, they began friendly and willing to talk to with ease. In fact, the two policemen was also regaled ‘uninvited guest’ is the sweet tea and fried bananas and freshly picked bananas in the back of his station page.
“Please drink, it’s just that we have. Because here much everywhere,” said Corporal Chief Pasteur with the Indonesian language.
A cup of hot tea and bananas, it quickly eliminates the tired and weary after a dozen miles through woods and hills, with dry trees. Moreover, in both border guards and some journalists began to look casual chat. The atmosphere becomes liquid.
“We did come here often, or they come to our post. Especially if they are lack of logistics, they just come to the post asking for help to buy food at the market in the hamlet Solare,” said Commander of Post Salore Sergeant (Sertu) Putu Sukayadnya to seconds +.
Every day, Army fielded a team or between 10-15 personnel in Timor Leste Border Post with a rolling one year. Meanwhile, Timor-Leste gatehouse guarded every day only five of the officers with a rolling 15 days to be replaced.
“But do not know why they are sometimes only 2-3 that look just. Sometimes they like hard invited to joint patrols. If it were so, we are forced to patrol with their pick,” said Putu said, laughing.
Sgt Bizarro, a member of the East Timorese police in Post Has Naruk, describes a guard because there are only two personnel turnover time with other colleagues. While his commander was not in this post, but at his headquarters in Cowa.
“We are always rolling. We always keep the same military on the border here. Yes we also like to go there. Indeed, here there is a new market, but do not know, never occupied,” he said.
Bizarro admitted, his colleagues familiarity with members of the TNI is not unusual, especially with the NTT at the border. They feel remain brothers in Indonesia despite being separated as a state.
“We are one land, the land of Timor. We’re just separated for political matters, anyway. So much less, so drinking tea and eating bananas alone together,” said Bizarro overlaid laughter all the people who were there.
After about an hour chatting, and bernarsis ria aka picture taken with both East Timorese police and military members, the group returned to the Post Solare. “Congratulations on duty comrades, to meet again. I’m sorry if the dish is not good,” said Bizarro and Pasteur to the troupe.
He then waved goodbye and drove to the border, a river which limits both wiilayah in the middle of the woods.
Not only troops that could easily come to East Timor border police post. In Transboundary Door Pos (PLB) Motaain, Belu Kabupate too, some members of the East Timorese police look so freely enter the territory of Indonesia. For example, as did Da Silva.
With vehicle trail bike brands Honsyung, Da Silva entered from the East Timor Task Force approached the checkpoint Pamtas RI-RDTL. He was involved in talks with members of the military on guard. Not long after a resident brought Motaain tentengan black plastic bags containing food and beverages.
Da Silva himself just standing on the bike just above the yellow line on the bridge is not far at Motaain checkpoint. Before reversing the motor, Da Silva gave his respects to members of TNI.
“I was out buying food here. There does not exist, has run out. Come closer,” he said when a number of Indonesian journalists asked why he so freely in and out of this border.
After giving a greeting command to reporters he was rushed back to the motor it to within about 200-300 meters.
Meanwhile, Commander of Post Pamtas RI-RDTL in PLB Motaain, First Lieutenant Agus Kurniawan excuse the behavior Inf Da Silva and other East Timorese police. East Timorese police prefer to buy food at the territory of Indonesia as the country’s food was expensive and limited in number.
“There are also those difficult economic conditions. They are using the dollar, there stuff is expensive, but do not have any other things. Well here’s department and cheap,” said Agus.
Until now I have no outstanding conflict between security officials of both countries and their citizens. This is one of them caused or Soe, Timor Island people have a high kinship and brotherhood. So far the conflict is not that great conflict. Conflicts that exist among others due to family issues, animal disputes across the border in neighboring countries.
“When it comes to this conflict usually love or murder. Well, if you are like this are usually settled by custom,” said Agus.
Settlement in a way that is customary to pay ‘belis’, a kind of compensation, whether it be a piece of land, livestock or sope (traditional rice wine beverage East). Most residents in the border feel they have historically separated only by a purely political matter, so that among them are still assessing residents in NTT and East Timor is still one brother.
“But this is now also a problem, yes it is a matter of border crossers, as they sometimes do not know about it,” said Agus.
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