FLYING in their private jets, three high officials from Nike Inc left Beaverton, USA, for Jakarta, on Tuesday two weeks ago. They had an urgent mission: negotiations with the owner of the Central Cipta Murdaya (CCM) Group on the decision to terminate the shoe business contract, on July 6, triggering the fury of 14,000 workers.

However, the Nike expatriates had flown to Singapore, after their offices in Jakarta were repeatedly visited by tens of