Several Hours in Exile
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
THE teenage girl sat restlessly in the Cessna. Somewhat apprehensive, she was nevertheless overwhelmed with curiosity. A few moments later, the small plane made a turn and then flew low over the mud-colored river that divided the forest. The Digul river! Suddenly Mohammad Hatta's youngest child, the small girl in the tiny plane, felt her heart beat faster.
Halida Nuriah Hatta shall never forget that day. She was 14 years old. Not long after
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