Frantic Last-Minute Move

Eventually President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono agrees that the criminal case involving the two KPK leaders should not go to court. There is a maneuver to get Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah to resign.

December 1, 2009

THE seven leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrived at the Wisma Negara (State House) on Jalan Merdeka Utara, Central Jakarta, in a little hurry. In addition to the three acting officials and two KPK leaders on active duty, the two suspended KPK deputy chairmen—Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra Hamzah—were also asked to come along. On that particular day, Monday afternoon last week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono suddenl

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