More Than A Refreshment Stop

A prosecutor in the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) corruption case, Urip Tri Gunawan, was arrested by officials from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). In his car, which had only just left the house of former Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (BDNI) owner Sjamsul Nursalim, KPK officials discovered US$660,000. These are the ins and outs of the arrest of the head of the BLBI Investigation Team investigating Sjamsul.

March 11, 2008

SInce early morning, "strangers" had appeared in the neighborhood. Some painted pots on the side of the road, others sat around guard posts or just chatted at roadside food stalls. "At the time, we thought a narcotics raid was about to take place," said a local resident.

Descending from the eighth floor of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building guarded by Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers, Urip Tri Gunawan looked tired and worn out

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