THE bespectacled man was sitting in the hotel lobby, holding a Nokia Communicator mobile phone. The Kuningan area, South Jakarta, at 3pm early that year was pretty hectic. The man would occasionally look around the entire hall, especially at the entrance of the five-star hotel.

A moment later, an oriental-looking man and a woman stepped in and walked toward the receptionist. The bespectacled man threw a quick glance. The man’s face resembled t