Millie Skoko had never really thought much about her Mum’s side of the family, who are Chinese Timorese, and who came to Australia in the early 1970s. Until one day when she was online, Millie discovered her Grandfather’s former home and building Toko Lay, in Dili, in stories about the December 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
This discovery leads Millie, in tandem with her mum Lorraine, on a quest to uncover the hidden history of the Chinese-Timorese community in Timor-Leste and hear from survivors of the violence at the hands of the invading forces.
Thanks to the Timor Chinese Association of NSW and Northern Territory for assistance in the making of this episode, as well as the Centro Nacional Chega and all interviewees in Dili.
Credits
Presenter – Millie Skoko
Producers – Amanda Hoh and Millie Skoko
Sound engineer - Hamish Camilleri
Supervising producer - Michelle Rayner