OUR country is in torment yet again. It is being battered by calamitous disasters. Floods are everywhere and landslides and tropical storms have occurred in many areas. Not to mention riots. Another disaster completes the misery—the country’s ‘sick’ leaders, who are insensitive to the plight of the people.

The earthquake that devastated Bengkulu is as an example of how late the government was in caring for the victims. At