Nämä ryhmittymät alkoivat heti vuoden 1999 kansanäänestyksen jälkeen levittää kauhua murhaten satoja siviilejä Timorilla. Tuomitut ovat todistetusti sekaantuneet kolmen Yhdistyneiden Kansakuntien työntekijän, amerikkalaisen Carlos Casaeresin, etiopialaisen Samson Aregahegnin ja kroatialaisen Peril Simundzen murhaan.
According to the international press, an Indonesian court has handed down prison sentences of between 10 and 20 months to six members of the militias which spread terror and murdered hundreds of civilians in Timor following the referendum of August 1999, and who have been shown to have been involved in the murders of three members of the United Nations staff, the American Carlos Casaeres, the Ethiopian Samson Aregahegn and the Croatian Peril Simundze.EurLex-2 EurLex-2