IT was drizzling in Bandung when a tourist bus left the parking lot of Simpang Raya Restaurant in Dago, Bandung, on Thursday at the end of last April. It was after 7pm when the bus turned into Jalan R.E Martadinata. Right in front of a row of factory outlets in the area, the bus carrying tourists from Malaysia came to a halt.

Several minutes later, around a hundred passengers alighted and swarmed into several outlets. Needing just one hour, seve