A WOODEN boat stealthily approached a beach near Port Klang in Malaysia at the end of last February. As night descended upon the quiet coastline, the thin fog and the light drizzle seemed to be offering a reassuring sense of peace and security to Hamdun (not his real name). Hamdun, 41, had come from a village in Bireun, North Aceh. The man with a dark complexion then slowly made his way from the stern to a deck below. Crammed into the belly o