The red sedan shone out like a pearl in a drainage ditch. Among the toughs of the refugee barracks, the car drew the gaze of all eyes that set upon it. It was a strange contrast: wealth amid poverty, cheer amid misery. Did a refugee own it?

This Honda Accord was parked in front of the refugee barracks in Bitung, North Sulawesi. It belonged to William Lesilolo, the former head of an aid agency thought to have manipulated the monthly handouts for th