A LETTER was circulated to reporters. It said that Commissioner-General Bambang Hendarso Danuri, head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau at Indonesian Police Headquarters, had supported the loading and unloading of illegal wood in Gresik Port, East Java.

The letter, dated August 23, 2008, was about the exploits of a lumber dealer said to be close to some top police officials. Despite having his ships caught three times for transporting illega