The green Peugeot slowly entered the driveway of the Legal Aid Institute (LBH)today, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI)in Menteng, Central Jakarta. Once the car was parked, the driver emerged. He was neatly dressed, white shirt and tie over dark trousers. He was Yap Thiam Hien.

On entering the office, Yap would greet people he met with, Hi, how are you?" That was how Luhut Pangaribuan Marihot Parulian described how ,straight, Yap was. Wit