Bejo Siswo Mulyono sat dejectedly on a chair at the office of the General Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) at Pasar Kliwon, Solo, Central Java. The blood on his temples was yet to dry. Earlier in the morning of the election day, on Monday last week, members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) severely beat the 42-year-old becak (pedicab) driver before taking him to a police station. The police later delivered the