ABSTRACT
Suai was the scene of some of the worst violence to occur in East Timor. The town of Suai is the capital of the district of Covalima, on the border between East and West Timor. From the time that the option was proposed to allow the East Timorese to conduct a population consultation on autonomy within Indonesia or independence from Indonesia, Covalima was at the forefront of the struggle to determine the future of the territory.
