 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana December 7, 1975, mauto eIndonesia akapinda muEast Timorpasi pechikonzero chokurwisana nekolonialism. Operasi Seroja Operation Lotus yakanga iri basa guru rehondo rakamboitwa neIndonesia. Pashure pokurwiswa kweDili nechikepe chehondo, mauto eIndonesia akadzika muguta racho panguva imwe cheteyo maparatroopers achidzika. Varwi veparachuti 641 vokuIndonesia vakasvetukira muDili, uko vakarwa kwemaawa matanhatu nevarume vaiva nepfuti veFALINTIL. Indonesia yaizotonga East Timor soruwa rwayo kwamakore 24 kusvikira muna 1999, apo vanhu veEast Timor vakavhotera kuzvimirira kubva kuIndonesia. 