THE people in heavy boots marched past 35 years ago. But up until today Dhorin can still hear the sound of their footfalls and still breaks out in a cold sweat. That was a terrible episode in the life of the farmer from the Lorejo village, Bakung, South Blitar.

The 75-year-old can clearly recall the time when his village was turned into a killing field at the end of 1967. Every night, after evening prayers, a group of people headed towards a cav