Turiskain

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Turiskain
Turiskain
Location in Indonesia

Turiskain is an Indonesian place in West Timor ( District Raihat , Region of Belu ) and is therefore part of the province East Nusa Tenggara . It is located on a tributary of the Lóis , in a wedge-shaped strip of territory between the East Timorese cities of Balibo and Maliana ( Bobonaro municipality ). There is a regional market here.

history

During the wave of violence following the independence referendum in East Timor in 1999 , pro-Indonesian militias are said to have been trained by the Indonesian military in refugee camps in order to be able to continue the war in East Timor. Around 25,000 East Timorese were deported to camps around Turiskain during the crisis.

In the first few years after East Timor's independence, there were repeated incidents on the Indonesian border.

On September 19, 2003, the East Timorese policeman Agustini Barros shot dead the Indonesian Vegas Biliatu from East Timor in the border area between the East Timorese Tunu Bibi and Turiskain. According to the Indonesian police, the victim had been warned by the police patrol to enter East Timorese territory, whereupon Vegas pointed its arrows at the police. At this point in time, the border in this area had already been defined by the neighboring states but had not yet been clearly marked.

On January 6, 2006, three Indonesians were shot dead by East Timorese police on the border near Turiskain on the Malibaca River . According to Indonesian military sources, the three victims were fishing when fire opened on them without warning. Jakarta protested violently. Following the incident, East Timorese women were raped.

Web links

  1. ^ Damien Kingsbury: The political economy of cross-border relations. The TNI and East Timor. (PDF; 2.0 MB) Deakin University's institutional research repository, November 1, 2003, p. 279 , accessed on February 27, 2011 (English): “… located at Turiskain, on the Lois River between Balibo and Maliana in Bobonaro district . These markets operated on alternate days - Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Motaain, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at Turiskain. The establishment of the markets at these two previously major refugee crossing points was primarily the idea of ​​then Bobonaro District Administrator, ... "
  2. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Timor-Leste ( Memento from October 20, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ TAPOL (Indonesian human rights organization): Report on East Timorese refugees in West Timor, November 11, 1999
  4. ^ UNHCR, Timor Emergency Update, October 14, 1999
  5. ↑ ETAN, September 25, 2003, Shooting may speed up border supervision
  6. ↑ Tempointeractive, January 6, 2006, Three Indonesians Shot by Timor Leste Police ( Memento from January 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

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