In his 1997 memoir East Timor's Unfinished Struggle: Inside the Timorese Resistance, Constâncio Pinto describes being tortured by Indonesian soldiers: "With each question, I would get two or three punches in the face.
Dalam memoar tahun 1997, East Timor's Unfinished Struggle: Inside the Timorese Resistance, Constâncio Pinto menggambarkan penyiksaannya oleh tentara Indonesia: "Untuk setiap pertanyaan, wajah saya ditonjok dua atau tiga kali.