HE may have known that his writings would someday become the source of inspiration for many people, long after he was gone. Interestingly, Hok Gie sent only carbon copies of his articles to the media and to his friends, while he safely filed away the originals.

In mid-1989, Yosep Adi Prasetyoor Stanley, as he was known to friendsnow the chairman of the Press Council, found the file at the home of Hok Gie's older brother Arief Budiman, at Kemiri Ca