Hugging her baby, Mariena Manurung pleaded haltingly. "We're poor so please don't throw us into this plight," she said. Living in Pematangpasir, Deliserdang district, a slum fishermen's village, Mariena must now feed her eight children alone. Two weeks ago, her husband, Maringan Sitanggang, was found dead.

What grieves her most is not her husband's death but the local media reports, which, quoting a release of Belawan Naval Base headquarters, describ