In the afternoon of February 11, 2011, dozens of journalists gathered for a press conference with National Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Commissioners at the commission's headquarters. They were startled by the sudden intrusion of three unidentified men. Suddenly, one of them began ranting about the unfair police treatment of someone named Daniel Sinambela.

Nine National Police investigators combed through the files of hundreds of former patients in the medical records room of Cipto Mangunkusumo Kencana Hospital (RSCM Kencana) in Central Jakarta two weeks ago. Aided by some of the medical staff, they were searching for data on 14 people who underwent kidney transplants from 2013 to 2015 at RSCM Kencana, the country's largest state-run hospital.

When President Joko Widodo broke ground and thereby symbolically indicated the start of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train project construction three weeks ago, the required operational licenses still had not been issued. The transportation ministry was reluctant to issue the routing permit because the contracting consortium had demanded a government guarantee. The situation was further complicated when a number of landowners refused to sell their lands on which the tracks would lie. To make matters worse, there were more requests for additional stations to be built along the way.

Five automobiles stopped along Jalan Kesatrian IX in Matraman, East Jakarta, on Sunday night two weeks ago. Three or four people exited each vehicle, dressed like office workers. They walked towards the entrance to a narrow alleyway, about 50 meters from where they had parked. They left the car engines idling. There was a person behind the wheel of each car, ready to make a speedy getaway.