Long Reads: Michael Vann on Indonesia's Killing Fields (Part 2)
Jacobin Radio
00:00
The Indianesian Revolution in the Nineteenth Century
In 19 98, the timores were given a plebasite as to whether or not they would they wanted to remain in indanesia. Despite really tricky and misleading ballots, the timoris people overwhelmingly voted for independence. And this was pite open intimidation by some of these premon some of these street thugs who were organized into motorcycle gangs. The indianesian army promised revenge should the timores vote for independence. After the vote for independence, the u n observers left, and then almost the next day, the indian sian army went on an orgy of destruction and murder where a significant portion of every building in east timor was damaged. Huge numbers of timores became
Play episode from 26:22
Transcript
