LOOKING upset, Ponco Susilo Nugroho was tight-lipped when leaving the Central Jakarta District Court’s second-floor courtroom. Ignoring reporters’ questions, he hurried and disappeared into the judge’s office.

Tuesday last week, the prosecutor read out his demand against this son of former Pertamina boss, the late Ibnu Sutowo, after eight months of court sessions. This director of Indobuildco, also the owner of The Sultan Hotel—formerly