EVER since the government made a capital injection into the bank at the start of the monetary crisis six years ago, PT Bank Lippo Tbk. has never been free of controversy over the possibility that the family of Mochtar Riady would regain control of the bank that it founded.

The government injected no less than Rp6 trillion into the bank under one agreement covering all investment, management and performance aspects (IMPA) that was signed by