Bekasis Hotel Pondok Permai has been uncharacteristically quiet over the past fortnight. Lo-cated in East Bekasi, Jakarta, the hotel is usually packed with guests, its 286 rooms fully booked. Our occupancy rate has dropped by 70 percent. Now there are only four guests a day, said hotel director, Nahombang Lumbantoruan.

On August 17, Indonesias Independence Day, two people were found dead in one of the hotels rooms. One of the victims was Arm