THE ring of Rizal Anwar Djaafara’s telephone, the Bureau Deputy Chair to the Governor of Bank Indonesia, brought unwelcome news. Bobby Suhardiman, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Banking & Finance Commission for the period 1999-2004 was on the other end of the line. It was on that day in late November 2006 that the Golkar Party politician asked for a meeting with BI Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah.

Bobby was phoning on behalf of A