Fear is the Key

Foreign security firms are making a killing out of Indonesia's problems, in one of the country's few growth industries.

March 20, 2001

It is night. We are at a pub in Jakarta. A foreigner approaches the bar. "Dry Martini. Shaken, not stirred," he tells the bartender. He finishes his drink, and then introduces himself. "My name is Bond. James Bond."

James Bond has never been to Jakarta. But if he were to retire from the British secret service, agent 007 would these days probably go and work for a security firm in Indonesia, probably to protect some big foreign firm. The pay is good

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