ON Wednesday last week, Hendrawan Supratikno received an commanding text message on his cellphone: “Don’t leave town tomorrow, a meeting with the Chief being set up in the morning, afternoon, or night.” The sender was Tjahjo Kumolo, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction chief.

Hendrawan, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Special Committee on the Bank Century Inquiry, postponed his plan to drive to Wisma K