ONLY a day after the appeal decision was read out, E.C.W. Neloe was thrown into Cipinang Prison in East Jakarta. On Friday evening last week, officials from the South Jakarta District Attorney’s Office escorted him to a special cell for corruptors.

Neloe uttered not a word. He merely shook his head and put a finger to his lips which stayed tightly closed when journalists tried to waylay him. Neloe’s lawyer Farida Sulistyani also remained sil