The aroma of coffee emanated from the mugs. But Dharmawan was not tempted to take a sip. The 38-year-old man kept pressing the keys of his laptop. "While it's early, I've got to rush to finish this story," he told Tempo last month. Dharmawan is a resident of Sebubus, a village in Sambas regency, West Kalimantan.

That morning, Darmawan wanted to finish writing an article on the problem of a village road to the Cermai River terminal, where ferries pro