It has been almost a month since Zakiyah, alias Agnes, was confined to a cell at the National Narcotics Board (BNN). Yet her friends are not totally convinced that this 35-year-old woman is involved in a narcotics ring. There was nothing to indicate that," said Sinta (not her real name), an ex-office mate of Zakiyah,s.

Zakiyah once worked as a reporter in a number of national dailies in Jakarta. She once reported for the Republika daily, where she