Although there was no holiday on the nation's calendar last Wednesday, retired Lt. Gen. Warin Diyo Sukisman chose to take a leave of absence. He did not make any appointments, nor did he show up at the rectorate of the University of Darma Persada in Jakarta. He also didn't write his usual opinion column in the Indonesian Daily, the Chinese-language newspaper he has presided over since 1987. Sukisman had set aside the whole day for one special event