THE past two weeks have been exhausting for 64-year-old Bagir Manan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was sought by reporters after his name was mentioned with regards to the arrest of five Supreme Court employees by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), following their admission that they could win the Probosutedjo appeal case if he paid them Rp5 billion.

That money, by their admission, was to have been given to Bagir Manan. Not surp