The one-time, all-powerful family is now perceived as nothing more than a bunch of crooks. Such is the ironic lot of former president Suharto and his offspring. During his heady decades of rule, the residents of Central Jakarta's Jl. Cendana were the untouchables. Nobody questioned, let alone opposed, anything they did.

All that has changed now. The long arm of the law is firmly encircling the Suharto family. One by one, the father and his sons a