TIME Magazine: East Timor Braces for Independence Bloodbath. "Elements in the Indonesian army are prepared to go to any lengths to avoid giving up a fiefdom." Let me be clear: The Indonesian government is evil. Not misguided, deluded, or distracted — evil. 20 years ago the Indonesians killed 200,000 East Timorese — 1/3 of the population — after it invaded and tried to subjugate the island. Today, it continues to murder the Timorese as it attempts to alter or discredit the inevitable outcome of Monday's referendum — independence for the island of East Timor, it's birthright since 1975 when the Portugese ended its colonial occupation.