Timorese activists, Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta, received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to gain freedom peacefully. After Indonesia's hard-line(強硬路線)president Suharto left office in 1998, his successor, B. J. Habibie, unexpectedly announced his willingness to hold a referendum on East Timorese independence, reversing 25 years of Indonesian intransigence(妥協しないこと、非協力). (http://www.infoplease.com/country/east-timor.html?pageno=2#ixzz2pE9iSxDz)