IN life, as in death, Munir did us a great service: he showed that there is evil in our midst.

The Indonesian word `mala' for evil is Sanskrit-derived, and forms the root of compound words like malapetaka' meaning `catastrophe.' The authoritative Balai Pustaka Indonesian dictionary (1976) cites the root mala as meaning `dirty,' `polluted'; `stained,' `a sickness.' The word connotes something tormenting, bad, malevolent, wicked, or putrid. Thi