Death in the Cleo Room

A Citibank client died after being interrogated by the bank’s debt collectors. The bank must not wash its hands of the incident.

April 13, 2011

SURYA Dharma has an additional obligation now. Besides having to provide for his three children, the 60-year-old man now has to support his two nieces, Grace, 15, and Citra, 14, along with their mother, Eci Ronaldi. “Cuddle own kids on the lap, guide nephews and nieces,” says the Minang-born man quoting the proverb of his ancestral land.

Grace and Citra have just lost their father, Irzen Octa. On Tuesday a fortnight ago, the 50-year-old man

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