Sound faintly penetrated the cells of South Ache's Tapaktuan Penitentiary, a solidly built prison facing the southern coast of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. In one cell on block A, along with 121 other detainees, was Sayed Mustafa Usab.

The burly man was not free, but his testimony had reverberated as far as Jakarta. The former coordinator of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) for Mereuhon Daya and South Aceh had revealed Abdullah Puteh's lobbying