MUHAMAD Zakaria is now living what he feels is an enjoyable life, his criteria for this change being able to eat three meals a day and sleep without waking from the cold. After a year of living under these more normal circumstances, he is slowly gaining weight. I used to eat once a day, he told Tempo two weeks ago, and never had enough sleep.

For many years, this geuchikthe Acehnese term for village leaderof Cot Keng Ulee Gle village in the Pidie