THE dinner had ended, but Sutjiptadi, 55, seemed reluctant to leave the table. This one-star police general still wanted to continue discussing the importance of conserving forests. He was still analyzing the impact of global warming and the importance of enforcing environmental laws in Indonesia when we moved to the living room to watch the screening of two films.

It was no small talk on Sutjiptadi’s part. Since he was sworn in as the Riau Po