Unidade de Patrulhamento de Fronteira

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Unidade de Patrulhamento de Fronteira with their flag

The Unidade de Patrulhamento de Fronteira UPF ( tetum Unidade Patrullamentu Fronteira , German  unit Grenzpatrouille , formerly English Border Police Unit BPU ) is the border guard police of East Timor . It is part of the East Timorese National Police and had 383 officers in 2019.

task

UPF vehicle and station in Citrana (Oe-Cusse Ambeno)

The UPF protects the national borders of the state of East Timor. The Unidade da Polícia Marítima (UPM) does this on the water .

The UPF conducts patrols along the national borders, mostly in cooperation with the East Timorese Defense Forces (F-FDTL), customs and immigration authorities. It checks for illegal immigration, drug trafficking, smuggling and other illegal activities. The UPF also ensures security at airports along the runways and in the terminal.

Due to the treaties with Indonesia , the only neighboring state to East Timor with a land border, there are no F-FDTL units in Oe-Cusse Ambeno , the East Timorese exclave in West Timor . Your tasks will be taken over by the UPF.

history

Commander Unidade Patrullamentu Fronteira
Surname period of service
Superintendent Agostinho Gomes 2009-2013
Superintendent João Belo dos Reis 2013-2020
Superintendent João Sancho Pires since 2020
UPF officers along with Indonesian Army soldiers on patrol in Cowa
UPF Policeman (2020)

The UPF was created with Act 9/2009, Article 33, of February 18 on the organs of the PNT. At that time, police responsibility in the country was largely still in the hands of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). It was not until September 28, 2010 that responsibility for police border protection was completely transferred to the national police forces.

On October 12, 2009, a handful of Indonesian soldiers and paramilitaries penetrated the disputed Área Cruz between Indonesia and East Timor . According to the East Timorese press, they attacked a group of East Timorese who were setting up a UPF station at Bisae Súnan. The Indonesians confiscated the building material and took it across the border. They later said they thought it had been abandoned. Two days later, around 100 East Timorese began to carry stones from the nearby river up the mountain to build the station. The situation escalated when soldiers on the other side waved the Indonesian flag . UN officials and East Timorese police were able to calm the situation down until the villagers dispersed.

On April 21, 2005, there was an exchange of fire between Indonesian soldiers and East Timorese policemen of the UPF at the Tactical Coordination Line ( German  tactical coordination line ) between the two countries, near Maliana .

See also

Web links

Commons : Unidade de Patrulhamento de Fronteira  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SAPO: Morre uma pessoa a cada cinco dias vítima de acidentes de viação em Timor-Leste , October 29, 2019 , accessed on October 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c PNTL: Unidade Patrullamentu Fronteira , accessed on February 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Asia One: UN hands full police powers to E. Timor , October 31, 2012 , accessed October 31, 2012
  4. ↑ Jornal Independente: The Commander of the TNI on the Batugade Border, Infantry Major General Hengky Yuda Setiawan, of the Yonif 321 battalion says that some terrorists from Arabia and other countries entered Indonesia, and some have managed to escape into Nusa Tengara Timor province ( NTT), and he suspects some have escaped into Timor-Leste. , October 1, 2012 , accessed April 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ Tatoli: Fears Covid-19 Quarantine Site Could Actually Help Spread the Virus , March 26, 2020 , accessed on March 28, 2020.
  6. ↑ Serviços Relações Públicas: VIZITA OFISIAL VMI BA POSTU UPF NO MIGRASAUN IHA BOBONARO , July 18, 2020 , accessed on July 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ UN news center, September 28, 2010, Timorese police resume responsibility from UN for key security bodies
  8. ↑ Internet Exclusive: Border Dispute, Oekusi Enclave - 60,000 Timorese Inside Indonesia , Tempo Semanal, October 16, 2009 , accessed June 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ Timor-Leste: Oecusse and the Indonesian Border , International Crises Group, Policy Briefing, Policy Briefing, Dili / Brussels, May 20, 2010 ( Memento of May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ Sukehiro Hasegawa: Routledge Revivals: Peacebuilding and National Ownership in Timor-Leste (2013) . limited preview in Google Book Search, April 21, 2005