It seems that 2001 is not to be Abdurrahman Wahid's year. Only a few months ago the charismatic Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader was impeached by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), having only served one year and nine months of his five-year term as president. Last Monday, the Central Jakarta District Court ordered Gus Dur, as Wahid is fondly known, to pay Rp500 million compensation to Suripto, the former secretary-general of the now defunct fore...