 Vamwe vanhu vanofunga kuti mvura yegungwa iri inochinja kuva tsvuku nokuti vakawanda vakaurayiwa nevakapinda muIndonesia 1975-1999 vakavigwa muno. Chokwadi chokuti mavara okupedzisira akaitika mumakore a1975, 1999 na2006, makore ose apo East Timor yaifanira kubata nezviitiko zvechisimba Hondo yeVanhu uye kupindirwa kweIndonesia muna 1975, dambudziko muna 1999, uye mhirizhonga muna 2006, zvinotungamirirawo kukudavira mashura pamusoro poruvara. Tasitolu yaimbova nzvimbo yakakurumbira yokusangana yeABRI; uye pashure pokupinda kwe1975, vanhu vazhinji veMaubere vakaurayiwa pano, vamwe kupfurikidza nendege dzorufu. 