About the GNR
If you can read Tetun, you might find this story interesting. I can't read Tetun very well, but there is a mention there about the Dili carnival, among other things.
I was also at the carnival. I have spoken to the Brazilian who was removed from the event by the GNR and I have heard his side of events. I saw most of it happen before my own eyes. At the time, I was planning to write a story about it, but after giving it a lot of thought, I decided to focus my efforts on other work I had.
I would have preferred someone else to have written the story because I was involved to an extent. After taking photographs of the incident between the GNR and the Brazilian, I was ordered by a member of the GNR to delete my photos. He stood over me with a baton in his hand, yelling at me until I had deleted the images. I was extremely angry. But, life goes on.
