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Interview with Chico Mau Lohi |
| About the Video |
| Summary: | Chico Mau Lohi , revolutionary songwriter, describes 1975 invasion; witnesses executions 9 Dec 1975; imprisoned and tortured in Tropical Hotel 28 Dec. 1975; sings to Col. Sinaga for his life; Feb. 1976 transferred to Balide Prison; wife dies at home 28 July 1976, attends funeral and returns to prison 2 more years; describes disappearance Orient Five band members; freed 1978, remarries. |
| Date of the interview: | 2005-11-26 (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| Place of interview: | Houses of Chico Mau Lohi and Francisco Xavier do Amaral, and Hotel Plaza, Dili, East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
| Permission: | Jill Jolliffe, The Living Memory Project, East Timor |
| Credits: | Interviewer: Jill Jolliffe, Cinematographer: Dean Adams |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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| Transcript | Portuguese English |
| About the Interviewee |
| Name: | Chico Mau Lohi |
| Other Names: | Francisco De Jesus Brito |
| Sex: | M |
| Date of Birth: | 1948-12-25 (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| Place of Birth: | Dili, East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
| Prisons: | Hotel Tropical, Dili, East Timor(Timor-Leste); Comarca Balide, Dili, East Timor (Timor-Leste) |
| Other Prisonsers: | Borja da Costa; Júlio Alfaro; Octávio Jordão de Araújo; João de Oliveira; Cinco do Oriente; Francisco Calçona |
| Perpetrators: | Kodim; Sinaga; Angkatan Laut; INTEL |
