Sorong Police chief Karimudin Ritonga was jolted awake by the news, which came at 3am: Labora Sitorus was back, and he was turning himself in.

He hastened to the interrogation room on Monday morning last week to see the man who had been defying prison sentences for years.

Moments earlier, Kamarudin had seen a robust man hop off a motorcycle taxi in front of his office, but did not recognize the man as Labora. "I wasn't aware he was bald," he said on T