THE Nggapulu, sailing from Jakarta has just docked at Pantoloan Harbor in Palu. Farihin, one of the passengers, gets ready to go ashore. Suddenly a number of men close in on him. His belongings are searched. They were undercover police officers.

Farihins secret mission was over. He is the son of Ahmad Kandai, an activist of the Indonesian Islamic Nation (NII) movement. He was caught red-handed smuggling scores of weapons and nearly 3,000 rounds of