Mateus Maia

Mateus Maia is an Indonesian - East Timorese official and politician.

Career

Maia campaigned for the integration of East Timor in Indonesia as early as 1975. Originally head of the planning department of the regional office for mining in East Timor, he finally became mayor ( Indonesian Walikota ) of the capital Dili in 1996 . he held this office until the Indonesians left in 1999.

A few days before the independence referendum in East Timor on August 30, 1999 , Domingos Maria das Dores Soares , the head of several pro-Indonesian militias , invited the local chiefs of the Dili district to a meeting. Dili's mayor Mateus Maia stated that if the majority of the citizens did not vote for the autonomy of East Timor within Indonesia, “blood would flow into Dili”. The majority of the population opted for the complete independence of East Timor. After the results were published on September 4th, the pro-Indonesian militias marched through the city, pillaging and killing. At least 67 people died and around half of the buildings were damaged. Only the intervention of INTERFET ended the bloodshed. Indonesian security forces and supporters left the country.

Maia left East Timor. He became an employee of the mayor of the Indonesian Denpasar ( Bali ) and the Kesbangpol (Office for National and Political Unity). He is also active in the East Timorese supporters of a connection to Indonesia. Maia became a member of the Timor Aswain University (UNTAS). Today he is Chairman of UNTAS in Bali (as of 2016).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Masters of Terror: Domingos Maria das Dores Soares ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 27, 2017. 
2. ↑ Dili District Development Plan 2002/2003 ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; PDF file; 460 kB) 
3. ^ District Court of Dili: Case No. 13/2003 , accessed on January 9, 2018.
4. ↑ Pemerintah Kota Denpasar: PEMILIHAN PENGURUS BARU FORUM KOMUNIKASI KELUARGA BESAR INDONESIA TIMUR , May 25, 2005 , accessed on January 10, 2018.
5. ↑ NTT Ekspres: Arming militia raises a dilemma , May 11, 2000 ( Memento of the original of January 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 9, 2018. 
6. ↑ Semeton News: Bantuan Pemerintah Untuk Warga Eks Timtim Diduga Disunat Oknum Pengurus KOKPIT , October 15, 2016 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 9, 2018.