WHEN he failed to become president, Mohammad Amien Rais went back to his old haunts: teaching at campuses and preaching. He also said he was unwilling to be nominated once again as Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) at its upcoming congress. But the scandal at Bank Persyarikatan lured the reform crusader down from his place of exile.

Last Thursday, Amien wrote a harsh letter to his colleagues at the Muhammadiyah central leadershi