AT first, it seemed like a minor problem. But when 42 trucks and tourist buses around Jakarta and Depok broke down, it became a major issue. The cause of the engines' malfunction, it turned out, was that their diesel fuel had been adulterated with water.

This criminal act must be stopped immediately before more damage is done. The police have found an 80-ton tank containing diesel mixed with five tons of water at a gas station in Cilincing, but th