BACHTIAR Chamsyah looked depressed as he talked to reporters at the end of last week’s Friday prayers at the Al-Azhar Mosque at Kebayoran Baru in South Jakarta. The former Social Affairs Minister, in mourning over the recent death of his wife, was named by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) a suspect in a fraudulent procurement of cattle and sewing machines that caused losses in the billions of rupiah to the state.

Bachtiar told the r