THE night had not yet ended. Amidst the drizzle, 2nd Insp. Sanja Arunika and his colleague, Chief Brig. Thomas Martinus, shared a conversation while sipping tuak (palm wine) in a small hut on an oil palm plantation. Still relatively sober, they exchanged stories about their reasons for becoming police officers. One had a noble mission, while the other carried a secret that weighed on him constantly.

Sanja had only recently arrived from Jaka