Si Pitung: The Hero of Batavia

In old Batavia, when Dutch landlords and their enforcers squeezed the villages dry, a young Betawi silat master named Pitung took from the rich storehouses and shared with the poor. Bullets could not touch him, the stories say — until betrayal found the one secret of his strength. Jakarta's own Robin Hood, retold from the oral tradition that has kept his name alive for over a century.