WHAT has long been waited for has eventually happened. In Porong market, Sidoarjo, East Java, Nirwan Bakrie, accompanying the entourage of Vice President Jusuf Kalla, arrived to meet with the thousands of victims evacuated because of the mudflow disaster. The appearance of the person who now controls the Bakrie Group of businesses, on Tuesday last week created a great deal of attention.

He was directly bombarded with demands for compensation. This