She knows her job is risky.

Pressure has always been a shadow following her.

Every time she wrote a critical news story, she mentally prepared herself.

Kinah:

"Almost every critical report has consequences. The most common is slander about bribery."

That slander eroded her peace of mind and affected her mental health.

Kinah understands: In the regions, digital threats often turn into physical intimidation.

Kinah:

"Slander often develops into real threats."

She has experienced it repeatedly.

In the illegal diesel case she covered four times, the situation heated up.

After the fourth story was published, she received a call from a businessman who felt harmed.

Kinah:

"He used harsh, crude, threatening words."

A few hours after the call, the attack continued via text messages.

Kinah:

"The chats were crude, harsh, intimidating."

The threats became a structured terror that kept hammering her notifications.

Not long after, the businessman's henchman came to her house.

Kinah:

"I saw the car. Luckily I didn't meet him. I immediately turned back to the police station to ask for protection."

At that moment, she realized the digital threat had turned physical.

Kinah stopped writing for a while. But the illegal diesel case was still unresolved.

Kinah:

"In my opinion, it's not finished."

She returned to coverage carefully, going undercover, not bringing conspicuous equipment, just using her phone camera.

But the feeling of safety never returned.

Kinah:

"I felt like I was being followed by several cars when returning from the coverage location."

She stopped writing again, and to this day hasn't dared to continue that coverage.

Before the diesel case, she was also threatened while covering river dredging by a village head.

The village head called and sent harsh messages via WhatsApp.

The case eventually went to court and the village head was imprisoned.

Beyond physical threats, Kinah also faced slander that she accepted bribes.

Kinah:

"The slander spread very quickly. Even the police confirmed it to me."

She strongly denied it—but the smear continued to circulate through word of mouth.

What made Kinah even more unsettled was a bad experience with the authorities.

An intelligence officer once mentioned that there was "money sent" for her from the diesel businessman—which she flatly refused.

Kinah:

"I was once brought by the police to meet that diesel businessman without being told beforehand."

For her, that was a clear form of intimidation.

When asked whether she ever filed an official report, her answer was:

Kinah:

"Never. I only went to the police station to ask for protection."

Her reason is strong. She no longer trusts the system and only feels the need to be cautious.

Kinah:

"I'm not sure I trust the police... their backing is them."

In such a situation, her editorial office was the only safe place.