DESPITE the fact barely seven months have passed since he took over the reins of the Ministry of Industry & Trade, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan faces a lot of accusations. Eighteen former ministry officials are currently suing him at Jakarta's State Administrative Court (PTUN). They include 77 whom he had removed from office and who feel his leadership style is tyrannical.

Panjaitan dismissed them last August, four months after the former Indonesian am