THE yellow house is empty and quiet. With an ivory-colored wall and blue roof, the building has just been renovated, and on the right side of the house a small terrace is decorated with hanging plants and comfortable chairs. Located in Block DD/9 of Gang Camar Sedati Permaia medium-class housing compound some 23 kilometers from Sidoarjothe house belongs to Husni Iskandar, a daily-paid employee at the Kemayoran Tax Office, Surabaya.

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