THE letter surprised Chief Justice Artidjo Alkostar. Sent by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the most feared institution among corruptors, it contained a request to withdraw its appeal for cassation in the graft case implicating Amran Batalipu, the Regent of Buol, Central Sulawesi. "I received [the request] a few days before the verdict was supposed to be announced," said Artidjo, Chairman of the Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber, when m