IT was December 17, 2010. At 1am, Leksi Kikilay was sitting at the terminal of Wonreli Port, Western Southeast Maluku. The loading of hundreds of drums of kerosene and diesel oil from LCT Cantika 01 onto trucks was decreasing. This Teropong Barat Daya tabloid journalist became drowsy. But he held on because Alfret Mirulewan, a Pelangi Maluku tabloid reporter, had not yet arrived.

Alfret’s office was in Ambon, the capital of Maluku. He sailed f