ALL of these efforts may now be of no use. The story goes that seven years ago, the Director for Corruption at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Chairul Imam, showed a worn and faded piece of paper to Bustanil Arifin, the former State Minister of Cooperatives who was also the treasurer of the Amal Bhakti Pancasila Foundation. “Is this document authentic?” asked Chairul. Bustanil nodded slowly: “Yes, authentic.”

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