Numberless House at Daeng Tata
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
NOBODY knew what crossed Basri’s mind that morning. He kept peddling his becak (pedicab), while his wife Basse, 37, was lying sick and weak at home. She was 7 months pregnant.
Two of his four children, Bahir, 5, and Aco, 4, were also ill. “I’ve got to make a living,” said Basri, 35, with a deadpan expression Tuesday last week. “Otherwise, how can we eat?”
On Friday afternoon last week, Basri got the bad news from a fellow becak driv
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