Mota'ain

Mota'ain, also spelled Motain, Mota'in or Mota Ain, is a hamlet in the Silawan village (desa), East Tasifeto district (kecamatan), Belu Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

The Mota'ain Border Crossing Checkpoint (Indonesian: Pos Lintas Batas Negara) is a modern complex providing customs, immigration and quarantine services for pedestrian and vehicular traffic crossing between East Timor and Indonesia.

The new complex, which replaced an earlier smaller facility which was set up when East Timor separated from Indonesia, was officially opened by Indonesian president Joko Widodo on 28 December 2016.

[1] Construction of the new checkpoint complex, which is located on a 8-hectare (20-acre) site, began in 2015 and cost 82 billion rupiah.

[2] On 10 October 1999, International Force East Timor (INTERFET) troops - a platoon from 2 RAR - patrolling along the main road were shot at as they were approaching the border bridge at Mota'ain while within East Timor territory.