It was almost dark. Most employees had left the Pekanbaru District Court to go home. Almost all the lights in the building had been turned off. Stillness was all around.

But that did not mean nothing was going on. Some lights were still burning inside the Garuda courtroom. There a panel of judges had only just taken their seats. It was just after 6pm on Monday last week, and the final session of the Environment Ministry's case against Merbau Pela