TWO weeks ago, numerous residents of the city of Malang were thrown into panic upon finding that they had been cheated under the Pohonmas pyramid scheme. Now, Jakarta residents have discovered that they too may have been cheated by Probest International.

"We have lost billions of rupiah," said Simon J. Sibarani, deputy chairman of team No. 16, "coordinating business partners" of Probest International. This was the name given to Sibarani's tea