UN to hand policing to Timor force
Stephen Fitzpatrick; 14/6/08
UN police in East Timor will hand over responsibility to the national force sooner than expected, despite a high-level report casting doubt on Timorese policing capacity. The head of the UN mission in East Timor, Atul Khare, will announce an “expedited” handover of policing duties - with complete control ceded by early next year - during an Australian trip beginning today. Some of the slack will be taken up by an increase of about 80 Australian Federal Police officers, announced in the federal budget as part of a bilateral policing arrangement. Mr Khare denied the handover meant a reduction in police numbers, saying UN police would remain in East Timor in an advisory role for several months.
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