Honey and Poison

Theo Syafei is regarded as a shrewd figure within Indonesia's largest political party. He may have had a hand in getting the backing for Sutiyoso's candidacy for Jakarta governor. What makes him tick?

July 16, 2002

The gift clearly was a tease, but its meaning was quite blunt. It came in no less than 13 packages, from a `sympathizer' who said he or she came from East Java. When the packets were opened, they found ladies' underwear, nappies and a dummy inside. Among the top leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), only the names of party chair President Megawati Sukarnoputri and deputy secretary general Yacobus Camarlo Mayongpadang w

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