It was May 12th, 1998. I was in my university in Jakarta and we were in the middle of a movement to change the status quo. There was a big monetary crises in Indonesia and Asia.
We went to the streets in the morning and wrapped up just before night-time. But, some students decided to stay.
The next morning, there was something wrong. It was tense, surrounded by fear. Later, I found out through a friend that four students were shot to death. All of them was my fellow university students.
I felt a mix of emotions. I was angry, sad, scared, and everything else at the same time. Howefer, at the end of the day, I felt determined not to let this happen again
The only person who was brave enough to question the government was him, called Munir. So, several months later, I joined his organization, Kontras.
When I told my mom, she was very concerned. She didn’t want me to take the job. She thought it was a dangerous job. I thought that after the fall of Suharto, it would not be so dangerous.