THE politicians called Lieutenant-General (ret) Sudi Silalahi Man of the Year. This is because the Cabinet Secretary has been in the spotlight so many times, even gossiped about having accepted a Jaguar from a tycoon. The latest spotlight on Sudi involves the two letters he was supposed to have sent to the Foreign Affairs Minister about renovating the Indonesian embassy in Seoul, South Korea.

The letters, copies of which were circulated widely,