RELIGIOUS chants followed Mas Slamet bin Kastaris steps as he entered the Meteorology & Geophysics building in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, which was turned into a courtroom for the trial of Abu Bakar Baasyir last week. Wearing a pink shirt and black pants, before sitting in the witness chair, this heavy-set man scanned the room for anything unusual.

The visitors sat quietly, although they were all closely packed in. The silence was broken when Sla