Margiyono was lost in a blind alley. He seemed to be trying to recall something, gazing at a house on the corner of the street. The former People's Democratic Party (PRD) activist stood for a moment before taking several steps back, looking intently at the rear of the house. "It's the house. There were rambutan trees at the back, I remember," he said.

Three weeks ago, he took Tempo to see a house where activists used to gather in the Pondok Pekayon I