A Room with No View
Monday, November 6, 2000
FOR the wealthy son of a very powerful former president, the prospect of living in such a room could only be called humiliating. The cell measures just 12 meters square. The bed is a raised cement platform adjoining the cold wall. There is a squat toilet in one corner, with a low wall to give a degree of privacy. Every time the latrine is used, the smell of human waste quickly permeates the air of the cell.
Such a cell in Block IV A of Jakarta
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