THE laptop computer had been left behind in the cell. A pile of books lent against the wall, under a row of hanging clothes. At a glance, the cell resembled a student’s boarding room. This was one of the scores of cells in the Metro Jaya Regional Police holding area occupied by Ali Imron alias Ale and Hutomo Pamungkas alias Mubarok, sentenced to life imprisonment over the first Bali bombing.

On Thursday last week, when Tempo visited the cell,