When the Dutch East India Company conquered Solor in 1613,also the Portuguese community moved to Larantuka on Flores.
By this time, the Topasses consisted of an ethnic mix of Portuguese, Florenese, Timorese, Indians, Dutch deserters, etc.
As the Dutch conquered Malacca in 1641, they brought many Portuguese speaking people from Malacca to Batavia including those who are of Portuguese descent as slave, in 1661 they were released after given an option to abandon Catholicism for Protestantism, those who accepted were allowed to settle in Kampung Tugu and therefore recognized as Mardijker, while those who refused were banished to Flores.
Portuguese influence was reduced to the areas of Solor, Flores[5] and Timor, now in East Nusa Tenggara, following the defeat in 1575 at the hands of residents of Ternate.
Decisive were also the Dutch conquest of Ambon, North Maluku and Banda, and a general failure to sustain control of trade in this region.
[14] In Lamno, Aceh, a community of people often noted for their blue eyes and fairer skin complexion are purportedly Muslim descendants of Portuguese.
[15] The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami dealt a great blow to the community however, with only less than 40% of the original Portuguese descendants survived.
[19][20] Despite the little legacy, relations between the two countries are recently improving, especially after the declaration of independence of East Timor, Around 600 Portuguese nationals are currently residing in Indonesia.