FROM the street the house looks calm. A yard the size of a volleyball court is partly covered by leafy trees, while the rest provides parking space for a car. At a glance, nobody seems to be living in the house that looks older than its neighbors on Jalan Cipinang Raya, East Jakarta. “My husband and I haven’t lived there for four years,” says Antin Sambodo, owner of the house.

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