Sakunar
Sakunar ( Scorpio ) was one of the pro- Indonesian militias ( Wanra ) in Oe-Cusse Ambeno , which terrorized the population of occupied East Timor in 1999 around the independence referendum .
Members
The commandant of Sakunar was Simão Lopes , the deputy was Laurentino ('Moko') Soares . Gabriel Kolo was the commandant in Passabe .
history
Sakunar was founded on April 12, 1999.
In Lelaufe , several houses were burned down by Sakunar and cattle were stolen. Two supporters of the CNRT were murdered. The population was blackmailed into paying protection money. Some residents fled to West Timor, Indonesia . The then Chefe de Suco was later accused of being involved in the forced recruitment of residents for the Sakunar.
On April 24, 1999, Sakunar led a demonstration in Passabe where they threatened the members of the CNRT with death.
On August 27, members of the Besi Merah Putih and Sakunar militias pelted the office of the CNRT , the umbrella organization of the East Timorese freedom movement, with stones all night and the following day . When the CNRT requested police protection, the Indonesian police positioned themselves behind the militia and opened fire on the CNRT office. Six people were killed. The building was completely destroyed, other buildings in neighboring Santa Rosa burned down.
Indonesian soldiers and 200 Sakunar militiamen initially murdered 17 people with machetes and firearms between September 7 and 9, 1999 in what was then the sub-district of Oesilo in the villages of Tumin , Quiubiselo , Nonquican (all Suco Bobometo ) and Nibin ( Usitaqueno ). Houses were burned down and the survivors were deported to West Timor, Indonesia. When they arrived in Inbate , 55 young men were separated, handcuffed and beaten by soldiers, police and militiamen. On the morning of September 10th, they were herded to Passabe on foot, and 47 shot and stabbed there. Eight men escaped.
On September 23, Sakunar members burned down all the houses in Bobocasse . The residents lost all their possessions including their harvest supplies.
On the same day, the Sakunar attacked a camp with 5,000 refugees in Cutete . The accommodations were burned down, two people were shot and the refugees were driven away. The 14-year-old Fredolino José Landos da Cruz Buno Sila (Lafu) was then sent off by supporters of the Cutete independence movement to get help. A letter to the UN mission in East Timor was hidden in the soles of his flip-flops . The boy crossed the Indonesian West Timor on foot and finally reached the Australian post of the international intervention force INTERFET on the border between West Timor and Bobonaro . Lafu was brought to Dili by helicopter, where he could deliver his message. However, INTERFET did not immediately send soldiers to Oe-Cusse, but instead taught the boy how to operate a radio. Then they dropped him on the beach at Pante Macassar , where most of the refugees had gathered and were besieged by the militia. When the situation became hopeless, Lafu informed INTERFET by radio that the militia attack was imminent. The next morning INTERFET soldiers landed in Pante Macassar with helicopters.
On October 20, 1999 20 members of the attacked Indonesian army , the police and the militias Sakunar and Aitarak place Maquelab on. Around 300 residents fled into the forest, but were beaten by the militia and driven back into the village. Six people were murdered. When INTERFET units arrived in Oe-Cusse on the same day, the militias fled to West Timor.
On February 10, 2000, Sakunar was disbanded.
After gaining independence, 31 members of the Sakunar returned from Indonesia to Lelaufe and took part in the reconciliation process. Except for one member who was held responsible for two murders, it was decided to integrate into the village community.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Masters of Terror - Simão Lopes
- ↑ Masters of Terror - Laurentino ('Moko') Soares
- ↑ Masters of Terror - Gabriel Kolo [Colo]
- ^ A b Pro-Government Militias: Sakunar (Indonesia) , Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim
- ↑ a b c d e f CAVR final report "Chega!": Chapter 7.3: Forced Displacement and Famine ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; PDF; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ a b BBC, October 9, 2008, Timor hero still seeking a future
- ↑ Masters of Terror - Passabe massacre
- ↑ CAVR final report "Chega!": Chapter 7.2: Unlawful Killings and Enforced Disappearances ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; PDF; 2.5 MB)
- ↑ Monika Schlicher: East Timor faces its past , missio 2005, ISSN 1618-6222 , missio-hilft.de , accessed on January 28, 2019.
