A day after the Royal Malaysian Police announced the arrest of Siti Aisyah, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi began keeping track of the case. She repeatedly contacted her Malaysian counterpart, in order to facilitate consular access for Siti Aisyah.

"We must protect Siti," she said in a special interview with Tempo at her office on Friday last week. In a 40-minute interview, Retno, accompanied by Director of Indonesian Citizen Protection and Legal A