TENGKU Azmun Jaafar inhales his kretek cigarette deeply, then slowly exhales the smoke. The cool air-conditioned room is cloudy with cigarette fumes. “I’ve been smoking more since I’ve been in jail,” said the former Regent of Pelalawan, Riau. This was early last month when he met with Tempo at the Cipinang I Correctional Institution in East Jakarta.

Wearing a hat, a dark-blue polo shirt and brown denim trousers, Azmun looks fresh and hea