THE threat came from Anwar Suprijadi, Customs & Excise Director-General of the Finance Department. Basically, he was serious about one thing: smuggling.

Anwar had threatened to withdraw his representative office from Sekupang Port in Batam if the Transportation Department was incapable of handling passengers who were suspected of smuggling electronic goods from Singapore to Tanjung Priok in Jakarta. The smuggling was carried out by using motorb