THERE were rumors doing the rounds at the end of last year that Dian Wirjawan—appointed as managing director of stateowned securities company PT Danareksa Sekuritas only six months previously—was soon to be replaced. His replacement was to be former Danareksa director, Edgar Sujanto Ekaputra. But then the rumors died down. Apparently, Dian's closeness to senior officials at the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) allowed