JAKARTA: Mufardi Rusli's neighbors hunch over tables covered in brightly colored fabric, the whirring of their sewing machines echoing across his Jakarta neighborhood.
For Rusli, the sound is a bitter reminder of the US$2 line of jackets that bankrupted him, costing him a garment business it took 15 years to build.
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