Putu, Guns, and Skinny Dipping

April 30, 2002

J.W. Marriot Hotel Lobby, Jakarta, one midnight in February. The Head of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), I Putu Gede Ary Suta suddenly flares up. Asked by a TEMPO reporter about the many irregularities behind the sale of IBRA's assets, Putu unexpectedly rose from his seat. "What do you want?" he snarled. Striding to the right, then to the left, hands on hips, he parted his cream jacket. Oops! The gun in his t

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