THE middle-aged man came frequently to the Central Jakarta District Court. Along with a few of his neighbors, Sjarifuddin Rambe was a witness in the current trial of the Tanjung Priok case. Ironically, among those witnesses, some withdrew their original statements.

Was it because they were threatened? No. The reason was they had signed a reconciliation statement with a number of Indonesian Military (TNI) senior officers. Sjarifuddin claimed