FOLLOWING a number of visits to the hospital, former President Abdurrahman Wahid finally passed away on December 30 at 6:45pm at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who arrived at the hospital 20 minutes before Gus Dur breathed his last, witnessed the doctors’ struggle to save his former boss.

The President’s visit, however well-intended, has recently raised some unpleasantness. Circulating widely