ONE day in 2003, with a traditional peci cap on his head, Amien Rais posed for the camera. A highpowered lamp had been set up in the garage of the official residence of the Head of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Jalan Widya Chandra IV Number 16, South Jakarta. Servants and security guards smiled as they watched their employer in action.

“Excuse me, but could you smile, Pak,” a Tempo photographer asked Amien after a s