ONE fine day a Kijang stopped outside an unobtrusive sex shop on Jalan Cililitan in East Jakarta. A 45-year-old, heavy-set, thickly mustachioed man in dark glasses with a sizable paunch, stepped out and entered the shop.

Without saying a word the man pointed to a bottle of Viagra on the counter, indicating he wanted the aphrodisiac, and flashed out Rp90,000 in payment to Bambang the shopkeeper. The latter duly took out one pill from the bot