THE bright veil Ratna Ani Lestari was wearing contrasted sharply with her all-black costume. Often flashing a smile, the 41-year-old woman was seated next to I Gede Winasa, the Regent of Jembrana, Bali. The two of them were seen very close, even intimate. Not that this is surprising, though, as they are husband and wife.

It was not a family party that they were attending. Both were there at a function staged by the Indonesian Democratic Party of S