Elza Syarief: Silence is Tantamount to Guilt

One afternoon in the visitors room at the Greater Jakarta Police detention block a mother and her small son hugged each other tightly after several days of separation. The son whined endlessly. Mom, I threw up this morning, said the 5-year-old, hanging on tightly to his mother.

The mother was deeply moved. Her eyes moistened. Wait for me at home, OK? she said. She hurriedly left her child because the guard had signaled for her to return to h

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