MARTINUS Pata Sambo stammered as he spoke. His eyes wandered before he began to recount the bitter experience leading to his conviction for a murder he says did not commit. Two months in police custody coupled with seven years in prison have formed lasting wounds. "I'm still traumatized," he told Tempo at the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) office last week.

Martinus is one of three members of the Sambo family wh