[5] Pokigron was, up to 1986, a village with a population of 700, and reasonably prosperous as the main transport hub to the south of the country.

[6] The Surinamese Interior War which had started far away in Albina and Moengotapoe the previous year, had come to Sipaliwini.

[6] On 11 September 1987, the National Army led by Dési Bouterse retaliated by attacking the Jungle Commando, and according to a report by Aide Médicale Internationale, killed civilians including women and children.

[8] On 27 September 1989, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights looked into the matter, declared that this constituted a very serious violation of the Right to Life, recommended that the Government of Suriname investigate the matter, and that the relatives of the victims are entitled to fair compensation.

[10] A group of civilians from Pokigron following the incidents squatted[6][11] in a terrain near Paramaribo, and have named their camp Sunny Point.