Unreported World: East Timor

Series 21, episode 0

Eight years on from its bloody split from Indonesia, one of the world's youngest democracies is being ravaged by widespread gang violence and disorder as an Australian-led UN force tries desperately to keep the peace. And, as this week's Unreported World reveals, elements of the rebel group which spent more than 20 years fighting the Indonesian army are threatening to restart their armed resistance, putting the future viability of the fledgling state of Timor into doubt. Reporter: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy;