SUPERSEMAR Foundation Chairman Subagyo was taken aback by a news report Monday two weeks ago: His foundation had been defeated at the Supreme Court and would have to pay trillions of rupiah in compensation to the state.

Subagyo contacted several members of the foundation's board of patrons about the next steps to be taken. "We promptly gathered and named a new attorney," Subagyo said on Thursday last week.

Without Subagyo's knowledge, on July 8 the Sup