Manuel Magalhaes de Oliveira

Deceased Person

1951 – 1999

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Who was Manuel Magalhaes de Oliveira?

Manuel Magalhaes de Oliveira was a CNRT Leader in Bobonaro District. CNRT is a National Council of East Timorese Resistance against 24 years of Indonesian brutal occupation. Already fluent in Portuguese, Tetun and several dialects, Manuel Magalhaes mastered the Indonesian language less than a year after Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor. His fluency in languages also enabled him to establish trust with Indonesia and obtain a government job. His job allowed him to spy for East Timor's clandestine resistance.

Manuel Magalhaes was killed Sept. 9, 1999, at a lagoon near Maliana. Witnesses said Magalhaes was shot, his body hacked to pieces and tossed into the sea. The body was never found

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Born
Sep 20, 1951
Died
Sep 9, 1999

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on July 23, 2013

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