ATTACKED on the left and on the right, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which is actually a strong organization, has become considerably weakened. Many of the cases it is handling have been neglected.

It began with the arrest of KPK Chairman Antasari Azhar, who was charged with masterminding the murder of a state-run company executive. Two other commissioners—Chandra M. Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto—were indicted on framed-up cha