SOEDRADJAD Djiwandono is an expatriate living in exile. The former Bank Indonesia Governor, a key figure during the 1997-1998 economic crisis, prefers to keep his distance, living in neighboring Singapore. He comes home infrequently. “Why should I come home? I get so many problems in Indonesia,” he said, when we met him in mid-June.

Even when the crisis has passed, Djiwandono still feels ill at ease. Cases involving trillions of rupiah in Ba