DURING a scorching Friday afternoon on April 8, 2005, a number of KPK investigators led by Amien Sunaryadi checked into the Ibis Hotel in West Jakarta. They booked two large rooms. After handing over the money for the rooms, they set off for the sixth floor. The two rooms they had taken were interconnected.

Upon arriving at Room 609 they immediately went into action. Like events in a spy film, bugging devices were drilled into the ceiling and co