WHICH is the more despicable, our many corruptors or our many thieves? Perhaps our thieves are more honest with themselves. We have yet to find any of the corruptors writing a faithful account of how they fleeced the country. But we do have a thief who has set down his adventures in writing. His name is Bambang Setyawan, from Grobogan, Central Java.

Recently nabbed by the Semarang Police, Bambang, 35, who hails from Dukuh Village in the Gu