Who Shot the Sheriff?

Permana Agung Drajattun is finally being replaced after there being rumors 17 times of his replacement. But how can smuggling be prevented in an archipelago like Indonesia?

September 10, 2002

THE meeting room of the Director General of Customs & Excise in Jalan Ahmad Yani, East Jakarta, appeared to be dark on Thursday night last week. However, the owner of the room, Raden Bagus Permana Agung Drajattun, had not yet gone home. He had intentionally turned off the lights in order to watch a video showing a ship carrying smuggled wood being inter-cepted on the high seas. Customs and excise service officials in the video looked like Hollywo

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