THE old story of the controversial purchase of Merpati Nusantara Airlines type MA-60 airplanes finally reached the ears of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. On Thursday afternoon last week, the president himself chaired a cabinet meeting discussing the planes purchased from Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, China. The Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Mustafa Abubakar and Minister of Transport were requested to explain the backg