Not many people are as brave and vocal as Prof. Dr. Anwar Nasution. How many times has the dean of the University of Indonesia’s (UI) School of Economics referred to Bank Indonesia (BI) as a den of thieves?

Despite this, he will not refuse re-appointment as BI’s senior deputy governor. The 58-year-old Nasution, who was born in Sipirok, in Tapanuli, North Sumatra, entered the ‘den of thieves’ at the end of July 1999.