IN mid-April, the National Headquarters of the Indonesian Police received some unusual guests. Some senior officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Interpol paid them a visit. They were the bearers of bad news.

"Based on their data, the number of pedophilia cases in Indonesia is now the highest in Asia," said Commissioner-General Suhardi Alius, head of the Crime Investigation Unit, last week. Suhardi did not initially believe the