Australian mainstream media was abuzz with the handing down of the report of the Truth and Justice Commission last month, on the role of the Indonesian 'militias' and the military overlords in the 'trashing' of Timor Leste in 1999. The Indonesians lost the referendum on Timorese independence, but as a parting gesture they massacred over 1000 Timorese and in an orgy of destruction burnt down most of the infrastructure.
Clinton Fernandes Damien Kingsbury James Dunn Warwick Fry
The Indonesians lost the referendum on Timorese independence, but as a parting gesture they massacred over 1000 Timorese and in an orgy of destruction burnt down most of the infrastructure. Indonesia has always denied responsibilty, but now with at least one of the Generals implicated in alleged crimes against humanity running for President next year, the toothless Truth and Friendship Commission has finally assigned at least some of the responsibility to the Indonesian State.
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