THE man born in Saparua is known as the king of organized crime in Ambon. Originally, Berti, 34, was a `don' in the Coker crime gang based in Kudamati. Coker, an Indonesian abbreviation for `cool guys', started off as a youth gang that participated in the marching race on the anniversary of the city of Ambon in the 1980s. Berti formed the gang after traveling to Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Surabaya.

When violence erupted in Ambon, small gangs su