East Timorese anger over spying claims Former East Timor president Jose Ramos-Horta says Australia shouldn't underestimate the anger of East Timorese people over claims of Australian spying. I hope Australia does not underestimate the anger, the disappointment that its bugging ... is causing," he told ABC radio. Mr Ramos-Horta said this would be understandable if Australia was spying on an enemy country. But when you try to listen in to phone conversations of the president of Indonesia, a friendly country or his own wife, or when you spy on a friendly neighbour like Timor-Leste which Australia helped to free in 1999 and which Australia claimed to be a friend, well it really undermines 10 years of our relationship. Well, this has not been a very good example of transparency and honesty," he said. Meanwhile the Australian government has warned travellers to exercise a high degree of caution in East Timor after a week of sporadic protests. Peaceful protests have been held across the road from the Australian embassy in Dili on December 5, 6 and 9. "We continue to advise Australians to exercise a high degree of caution in Timor-Leste because of the uncertain security situation and the possibility of civil unrest," the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) warned. On Tuesday, another protest of about 100 people was held outside the Australian embassy in Dili. The fence of an Australian military compound next door to the embassy has also recently been vandalised. Stencils depict kangaroos carrying buckets of oil dripping with blood while graffiti reads "stop stealing my oil." The protests have followed an Australia Security Intelligence Office raid on the office of East Timor's lawyer, Bernard Collaery, last week.