WHEN he does not have to be in court, Daan Dimara spends most of his time reading newspapers. Currently detained at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Headquarters since last February, 62-year-old Dimara diligently monitors the development of the case that involves him. The former member of the General Elections Commission (KPU) is being tried in the corruption case of ballot seals during the 2004 presidential elections.

He hopes that the corruptio