Rekso Sulaiman is living a life he would previously never have imagined. Thirty years ago, he was a first lieutenant in the Indonesian Air Force. A law graduate from the University of Indonesia and the top of his class in the School of Administrative Officers of the Indonesian Air Force, today Rekso breeds ducks in the Pasurungan Lor district of Margadana, Tegal, in Central Java.

On September 30, 1965 an abortive coup by the Indo