Awaiting Jakarta's Decree

Fernando de Silva should have spent his old days doing things like enjoying the view of the Timor Sea, watching his grandchildren play in the garden, and listening to the annual ladies Babadok performance in the town center of Viqueque, his birthplace in East Timor. But De Silva will not enjoy this future.

De Silva has made his decision. The thin 69-year-old has broken with his past, and chosen to become an Indonesian citizen and renounce his

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