AT the age of 34 years old and with two children, Adj. Comr. Hoegeng Iman Santoso lived modestly, without much money to speak of. Born in Pekalongan, Central Java, on October 14, 1921, Hoegeng in fact had plenty of opportunities to enrich himself as soon as he stepped foot at the Belawan Port, Medan City, in early 1956. An entrepreneur sent by a circle of businessmen told Hoegeng he was ready to ‘assist’ the new North Sumatra chief of