Passabe
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (November 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|

Passabe is a small village in Suco Abani (Passabe Administrative Post, Oecusse-Ambeno) in Timor-Leste, near the Indonesian border. It was the site of a massacre of East Timorese by pro-Indonesia militias in the follow-up to the 1999 referendum for Timor-Leste’s independence.
In media
[edit]A documentary film, Passabe, directed by James Leong and Lynn Lee, was produced.[1] The film documents the lives of several Passabe residents five years after the violence, including the life of a former militia member, and documented the ways in which the community has come to terms with what happened.[1]
In January 2006, the film was banned at the Jakarta International Film Festival.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Anger and accolades for Timor expose". South China Morning Post. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ S'pore film on Timorese village banned at Jakarta Film Festival, Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia 04 Jan 2006 (Internet archive stored page)
9°21′51″S 124°20′36″E / 9.36417°S 124.34333°E