AROUND 1997, Tosca Santoso spent almost a year as an exile. He was fired from Forum Keadilan for taking part in the founding of the Alliance of Independent Journalists. He joined the Utan Kayu Community initiated by former Tempo Editor-in-Chief, Goenawan Mohamad. In Utan Kayu, Tosca, who is 59 years old in 2023, supported the student action ahead of the 1998 Reformasi, which led to him being wanted by authorities. He then fled to Kuala Lumpur and