Two cans of paint appeared outside the home of Yuwono Susatyo, a PDIP activist in Ngawi, East Java, who was kidnapped at the end of last year. But they were no ordinary cans. They contained chlorate, a substance usually used to make firecrackers. It seems the person who sent the cans wished harm on the owner of the house.

But what was his or her message? Yuwono's younger brother immediately removed the bombs. After checking, it turned out that al