News stories by Kafil Yamin, page 2

It is every parent’s worst nightmare in the Internet age — and for Syafei Asyhari, this happened when he found that his 16-year-old daughter, Latifa, fell into the clutches of traffickers she met online as friends.

From television screens to the stages of political rallies, candidates for this month’s parliamentary elections in Indonesia are busy bombarding voters with promises of pro-poor programmes. But with the polls just about a week away, many voters say they are still unsure about the kind of leader their country needs today.