The office on the third floor of the Jakarta City Hall appeared quiet on Monday morning last week. Two staff members and a security guard were sitting with their knees up. The owner of the room, a member of the Governor's Team for Acceleration of Development, Udar Pristono, was not there, even though on that particular morning the team was holding a meeting. "Usually Pak Pristono comes in at 8 o'clock," one of Udar's staffers told Tempo.

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