IT was one night at the beginning of November 2002. At high speed, the patrol boat Lajang sped through the waters of Komodo National Park, East Nusa Tenggara. The 40-foot vessel was heading for Loh Wia, a location on Komodo Island. It was hunting something. Based on a ranger's report, four suspicious motorboats had been sighted there. It was suspected the four boats were going to collect deer carcasses from a hunting expedition on the island.