AN atmosphere of grief still hangs over the house of Saiming Saimads family, residents of the Kota Bambu Utara administrative district in Palmerah, West Jakarta. Three weeks ago his youngest child, Irfan Maulana, died of causes that are still unclear.

On the day the calamity took place, Irfan had left the house just after dawn. His family initially assumed that Irfan, a class fifth student at the Kota Bambu 02 Primary School, had left to play foot