It was 3am on Saturday two weeks ago, when the cellular telephone of Gusti Muhammad Hatta, assistant rector at Lambung Mangkurat University, rang. Startled, he picked up his phone, worried that it would be about his mother, who has been treated at the hospital for two weeks for diabetes. “I was surprised someone was calling at that hour,” said Gusti.

The caller turned out to be Minister/State Secretary Hatta Rajasa. Hatta asked him to come to