ONE night in 1978, Frans Kaisiepo reached out to Serteis Wanma with both arms. The former West Irian governor embraced his son-in-law again and again. That day, they had received news that Serteis, the husband of Frans’ daughter, Beatrix Kaisiepo, had just been appointed as Nabire regent.

“Grandfather seemed very pleased and proud,” Serteis’ daughter, Frans Anjani Wanma, known as Vicky, told about what happened at Frans&r