Tempted by Peers

THE Jakarta sky was not quite bright yet on that Thursday morning in early July. The cellphone of Sari, 28, was ringing. From the neighboring country, Malaysia, Alex gave an order. “Get a package at Hotel Sentral, room 633. Now!”

To Tempo, at the end of August, Sari admitted she could not turn down the order from the Nigerian man. At the time she had just given birth to her second child a day before. She needed money to pay for her delivery

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