THE 60-square-meter hall was filled to capacity even though the host provided dozens of chairs and red-colored couches. About 30 activists and university students filled the hall. Some were smoking.

Haris Rusli Moti, head of the National Forum for Indonesian Youths (FKPI), ended the meeting at a corner of the Pancoran shop-house complex, South Jakarta, Monday last week. The meeting would continue the next day at the National University and at t