Sekitar 300 pendukungnya dari partai Fretilin berunjuk rasa di depan pengadilan Dili untuk menunjukkan simpati mereka terhadap mantan menteri dalam negeri Timor Leste itu.
Some 300 of his supporters from the ruling Fretilin party rallied in front of the Dili Appeal Court in a show of support for the former minister before the hearing even started.