DILI, 10 october 2022 (TATOLI)- Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Timor-Leste National Police (PNTL) organized criminal investigation capacity building to 20 of Timorese policies in the investigation unit in Timor-Leste.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea for Timor-Leste, Kim Jeong Ho in his speech at the launching ceremony express his pleasure for the launching of this training to empower Timorese policies skills on criminal investigation.
“The Republic of Korea is pleased to support Timor-Leste’s police members, within providing training especially focus on criminal investigation unit,’’ The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea for Timor-Leste, Kim Jeong Ho said in his remarks at PNTL’s conference center, Comoro, this Monday.
He added that the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and KOICA are working side by side with the Korean Central Police Academy Instructors to help Timorese policies to contribute to peace and the country’s stability.
This year, the Korean Police Center is sending six of the Korean Central Police Academy Instructors to Timor-Leste to provide capacity building to 20 Timorese police, which is focused on the criminal investigation process.
The second General Commander of PNTL Mateus Fernandes appreciates the initiative of KOICA to provide capacity building for the Timorese police officers adding that Timorese policies are required more training, especially on criminal investigation aiming to protect the criminal and human rights of every citizen.
“As security agents, we are not only preparing large quantities of force for prevention, mitigation, and response but we need to prepare ourselves in the scientific area and identify and discover the activities and modes of criminals through the use of scientific intervention of criminal investigation,”
The world today faces a variety of threats of natural disasters, conventional and no-conventional crimes, with the use of advanced technology, cybercrimes, terrorism, drug-human trafficking, and major warfare using prohibited chemical weapons.
“Therefore, I encourage all participants to take advantage of this opportunity to gain new experiences from Korean Central Police Academy Instructors. As we all know, Korea is a country that is advanced in science and technology,” he said.
The Chief of Criminal Operation Uint, Mousinho Correia said this is the second phase of training provided by KOICA, saying the first training was held virtually in 2020 with over 18 PNTL members have participated in the training.
“It is annual training provided by KOICA through the CAIT program that involves 20 police members every year,’’ Mr. Correia explained
So far, Korean Central Police Academy Instructors have provided five instructors including one of the interpreters, thus, they are a total of six persons.
This training program is funded by KOICA through the CIAT program and the training will be carried out for 10 days in Timor-Leste.
Journalist: José Belarmino De Sá
Editor: Nelia B.
