Suripto prepared the reports that put former forestry king 'Bob' Hasan in jail. A task that many thought impossible in fact was realized due to his diligent work.

Yet that did not save Suripto from the chop when President Abdurrahman Wahid deemed him too old to carry on as secretary general of the forestry ministry. Around the same time as Hasan flew off to Nusa Kambangan, Indonesia's answer to Alcatraz, Suripto packed up his bags to leave the mini