DILI: Calls for the decriminalisation and regulation of martial arts groups put forward by security watchdog, Fundasaun Mahein, have hit resistance as the idea was rejected outright by Timor-Leste’s Minister of Defense and Security, Filomena Paixao.

DILI: A man has been arrested in Ermera in connection with the violence in Leorema on July 4, that resulted in two deaths, three injuries and destruction of 13 houses by arson.