DEAD MAN WALKING?
“Should it be discovered in the future that I had deliberately not reported my wealth or my family’s, for the sake of moral responsibility as a state official I hereby declare that I am willing to be and will sincerely accept, being dismissed.”
October 8, 2002
Muhammad Abdul Rachman looked as if he’d been struck by lightning. He was startled at the picture of a luxury house being waved before him. Moments later, in his office on the second floor of the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) building, he dropped into his chair. Massaging his creased forehead, he murmered: “Lugur aku (I’m dead).”
This was in contrast to the first investigation on September 11, conducted by a te
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