According to an Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK) survey released in 2012 a lot of the Timorese community still do not understand what corruption is.

"About 50% of people said they don't understand what corruption is," said KAK President, Commissioner Aderito de Jesus Soares, (19/02), in Farol, Dili. He said it's a big job for KAK to improve the community's understanding about this issue.

"We have our people in the investigation division work on a prevention and education campaign. Last year we also visited districts to give education about the issue, but sometimes the public did not value this as the public want to know how many people KAK have detained," said the KAK Commissioner.

He said this year KAK would continue the program of visiting communities to raise awareness about what corruption is. "This month we gave training to 25 schools, and we also involved youth and community leaders, so they could also understand how to combat corruption," said the Commissioner.

Member of Parliament Inacio Moreira said people know about corruption but sometimes people do not understand how it occurs. "Corruption, collusion and nepotism, how this behaviour occurs people don't know, but when people speak about thieves maybe they can understand," MP Moreira said.

That's why he suggested when they give training to the community they need to use words people can understand. "They should speak with simple words, for example like saying conflict of interest, then making work just for your family, you can call it nepotism, this might explain as people understand quickly."