THE middle-aged man asked from behind the door when met at his house in Kampung Cibitung, Sukamulya village, Rumpin subdistrict, Bogor, last week. Acep, a 54-year-old farmer, repeated his question three times—the trace of distress visible in his face: “You’re not from the army, are you?”

Four years ago, a bullet was lodged in his left neck leaving him covered in blood and unconscious for two days in Cikini Hospital, Central Jakarta. “I