Suharto's Indonesia

September, 1999
A boy runs to escape smoke rising from a burning home in Dili, East Timor. Following A U.N.-sponsored referendum in which Timorese voted for independence from Indonesia, violent clashes with pro-government militias broke out prompting the intervention of an international peacekeeping force. East Timor would become an independent country May 20 2002.

• Suharto: 1921-2008