| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 27, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
East Timor: How It Happened JANUARY Indonesian President B.J. Habibie offers East Timor a referendum on independence. Pro-Jakarta militias start getting organized. FEBRUARY U.N. officials hit the ground in East Timor, detect evidence of Indonesian troops cooperating with pro-Jakarta militias. APRIL U.N. negotiators reach agreement on democratic voting system, but must allow Indonesian troops to provide security. AUGUST Ballot is held on Aug. 30. Turnout is more than 90%. Votes are counted centrally in Dili, preventing army from identifying pro-independence districts. SEPTEMBER After the U.N. announces 78.5% vote in favor of seceding from Indonesia, pro-Jakarta militias begin orgy of violence. Wiranto sends six battalions to East Timor. On Sept. 12, Habibie invites U.N. peacekeepers to East Timor to stave off economic sanctions. U.N. estimates of death toll: 7,000. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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