HENDRO Sangkoyo, 51, felt that something was wrong when leaving for Yogyakarta that morning. In the taxi on his way to Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, this youngest brother of the late culturalist Umar Kayam, realized he was not bringing even a single penny to his name. “I had to borrow Rp150,000 from the taxi driver” he said. “My wife at home repaid the loan.”

When boarding the Garuda plane that would transport him to Yogyakarta, �