HALF of his life has been spent on the waves. However, Djoko Santosa no longer has the courage required to go back to sea. At the end of last week, the 54-year-old man was only to be found at his home at Pondok Gede, Bekasi, West Java.

Djoko no longer has the strength to cope with the armed pirates roaming the Malacca Strait. His strength has deteriorated particularly since this chief of the engine room of the Sanle X vessel once experienced what