NOVEMBER 20 last year was a day to remember in the life of Robert Tantular. That evening, Bank Indonesia had summoned Robert, the owner of Bank Century, a bank on the verge of collapse. At the central bank, accompanied by Bank Century's CEO Hermanus Hasan Muslim and Deputy CEO Hamidi, Robert was asked to go to the Finance Department in Central Jakarta. "Upon arriving we were asked to wait," said Robert last week.

Bank Century had just failed to make