IT is difficult to imagine the suffering that families of victims of the Tanjung Priok incident have undergone. How can you judge material and non-material damages? How much money covers the trauma and suffering of such victims? These are the issues currently under deliberation at the Commission for Missing Persons & Victims of Violence (Kontras), located in Cikini, Jakarta.

Compensation has become a key issue in the Tanjung Priok case, which is c