Bahasyim Assifie:
Prove that I committed extortion
February 2, 2011
DURING the 1980s, the residents of RT09 RW003, in the area of Lapangan Belalang, in South Jakarta, knew their neighbor Bahasyim Assifie as a photojournalist. Each time he left for work on his motorcycle, the 58-year-old man would be sure to sling his camera on his back. He usually left early in the morning and came home late at night. “We found out lately that he is actually an employee of the tax office,” Wawan, the neighborhood head, told T
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