Among the shelves at a Christian bookstore in Pegangsaan, Central Jakarta last Saturday afternoon, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Theo Syafei, 60, was seen looking for something. It transpired he was looking for gifts for participants at a synod meeting in which his wife was playing a leading role.

One of the PDI-P chairmen, he was surprised when TEMPO, after a search lasting several days, greeted him. At first he refused to be interviewed, but after b