This true story comes from Tangerang, the largest town in the province of Banten. One late Monday night in February 2006, Lilis Lindawati, 39, was waiting for public transportation at the Pos Gerendeng junction, Karawaci. The restaurant where she worked stays open very late at night.

A while later, Tangerang's municipal police (Satpol PP) drove by. Without questioning they arrested Lilis under charges of being a prostitute. This two-month pregnant