WHAT is the daily routine of Noordin Mohammad Top, Indonesia’s most wanted fugitive with a price of Rp1 billion on his head, and who has now been pursued by police for more than eight years? He appears to live within the confines of a small world: spending his days caring for children, reading or cooking. He even goes for short jogs to exercise inside the house.

According to several people who know him—either as Noordin or by another name—