EARLY last June the Malaysian Police raided a house on Jalan Sekama in Kuching where they found pregnant Indonesian women held hostage to give birth to babies for sale. During police investigation one name frequently mentioned was Robin.

Rowena (not her real name), one of the women held hostage at Sekama, told investigators what Robin did to her. The 24-year-old girl from Menjalin in the West Kalimantan district of Landak said she was rape