Three former militia members and a former commander of the Besi Merah Putih (BMP: "Red White Iron in Indonesian) were imprisoned by the Dili District Court for between six and sixteen years.

The trial for this case was held on 11 December this year in the Dili District Court.

The former accused militia included Faustino Filipe de Carvalho who was jailed for six years imprisonment for crimes committed in 1999 whilst he was the Village Chief of Ulmera and commander of the BMP of illegally deporting civilians from Suku of Ulmera to West Timor, in Indonesia, as well as the illegal detention of women and children from Ulmera.

The accused Miguel Soares (an active militia member from Besiten) was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for the crime of homicide of a civilian named Francisco Bras.

In the meantime, the accused Salvador de Jesus (Commamder of the Besi Merah Putih in Kasait) was imprisoned for 16 years after it was proved to the court that he had committed the crime of homicide of Felix Barreto and Francisco Bras.

The sentence was read by the judicial panel composed ofB Dr. Ana Paula Fonseca, Dr. Antonio Gomes and Dr. Antonio Quantes, whilst Dr. Jose Landim was the prosecutor and Dr. Jose da Silva was the public defender.