Two Cups for the President

Formed after a meeting with the President, the Team of Eight is looking into the protracted feud between the KPK, police, and AGO. They are going over an old case involving the release of Bank Century funds.

November 10, 2009

THE cup of coffee in front of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was already empty. The discussion he was having with his guests about the heated animosity between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the police department was unfinished. On Sunday night two weeks ago, in the guestroom of Wisma Negara in Jakarta, Yudhoyono asked for a second cup of coffee.

Seated in the guest chairs were the Rector of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic

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