SADNESS suddenly loomed over Mentari’s face when she recalled what happened to Kejora, her 13-year-old granddaughter. Kejora, sitting next to her grandma, kept her head down. “Who would have thought my granddaughter would be trapped and become a victim of child trafficking,” the 56-year-old told Tempo on Sunday, January 16.

Mentari spends her day taking care of Kejora—not their real names—and her sister in