By SAMIAJI BINTANG
THE red cross which was painted on the front door has been wiped off. The owner of the house has covered it with brown paint.
Sign of cross was a bad signal. The house occupant which resides at Jalan Panglima Polem, Banda Aceh downtown, was a target of law agencies. He or she could be tortured, thrown into jail, or worse, they could just ‘rest in peace’. Even guests who came to that house could have a similar fate.
Nasruddin Abu Bakar had just awakened when I came to the house. His hair was tangled. His eyes weren’t fully open. He stayed at the house which is also his office after Indonesia government and Ache Freedom Movement signed peace agreement in Helsinki last year.
“We must run away, move underground, hiding from one to another places,” Nasruddin recalled. (more…)
