THE news two weeks ago of prosecutor Urip Tri Gunawan caught red-handed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in the middle of conducting an illicit transaction was shocking. The prosecutor was allegedly accepting US$660,000 from Artalyta Suryani at the home of business tycoon Sjamsul Nursalim in Simprug, South Jakarta.

Sjamsul is the former owner of Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (BDNI) and a recipient of the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Ass