The possible involvement of security personnel was of great concern to the Ministry of Defense and Security. Indeed, as noted by a recent FM report, this suspicion seems to be confirmed by the lack of any serious response by security authorities. Some suspect that members of the PNTL and the F-FDTL were somehow involved in this incident. Three young men, houses were burned, and animals were killed during this incident. The majority of people believe that this conflict is related to martial arts rivalries. Many of these communities have even approached the police with their concerns, but there is not yet a standard mechanism used to combat or dismantle these groups.Īt the end of 2014, between Christmas (25/12/14) and New Year’s Day (1/1/15), a conflict took place in Baucau, involving youths from various hamlets, suburbs, and sub-districts. Representatives from some districts, including Viqueque, have stated that some martial art groups continue to recruit and train new members at night. Some speculate that these groups still exist and continue to instigate conflicts within communities. These groups included ‘PSHT’ (Persaudaraan Setia Hati Terate), ‘KORK’ (Kmanek Oan Rai Klaran) and ‘IKS’ (Ikatan Kera Sakti). Various state authorities and civil society organizations have strongly discussed the issue of martial arts groups in the last two years.Ī government resolution passed in 2013 demanded the total halt of martial arts group activities. The issue of martial art groups has become a public concern. Koehler's book is very remote from a warring world, but because it deals with fundamental issues it may be regarded as ultimately of greater importance than the technical successes by which psychology is now at length securing a place in the sun.An Oath for Members of the F-FDTL and PNTL: We are entitled to feel satisfaction that we have made some contribution to current problems but it is necessary to insist that their scientific interest is soon exhausted, and that further developments in the sphere of practice are dependent upon the construction of a coherent body of theory.

Mental testing, industrial psychology, psychotherapy, these are the fields in which psychologists are considered to justify themselves.

Psychology to-day is enjoying an unexpected and dangerous popularity because it has been found useful in application. If this attitude were to prevail indefinitely the future of science would be dark, and the prospects of the applied sciences themselves clouded. IT is good to moot a book of this quality in days when the non-academic world is measuring the value of science too exclusively by its immediate practical applications.

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