After waiting for hours, the investigators lost their patience. On Sunday night, two weeks ago, the detainee they were supposed to move out, refused to leave his cell. One of them stepped forward, holding out a form. "If you don't sign this, the Mobile Brigade will come and pick you up," he shouted. "We will saw off these bars."

Inside his cell, Labora Sitorus, 52, a former police officer with the rank of chief brigadier shouted right back, refused to