Police Adjunct First Inspector Labora Sitorus recently made the news because he was like an incredible character straight out of a television series. How is it possible that a low ranking member of the Raja Ampat District Police in Papua, earning a monthly salary of Rp3 million could own assets worth trillions of rupiah? His colleagues dismissed charges against him as lies. Labora, they said, is a talented businessman.

It turns out that Labora's t