SINCE last week, Secretary-General of the Department of Energy & Mineral Resources, Luluk Sumiarso, has been behaving as if he had toothache. Usually outspoken, he has become the quiet Indonesian. Others seem to have been attacked by the same illness. Every time Tempo enquires about the suspicion of markup in the 2003 energy audit project funds, they burst into a "no comment" song.

It all started with a letter from the Directo