THE conduct of Heru Sulastyono is truly a test of the public's patience. This Customs and Excise official who was arrested by police last week was still happy to take bribes even with such a high salary. He has clearly no respect for the policy of reforming the bureaucracy.

Heru, who has been fired as head of the Export Sub-directorate, will find it difficult to avoid the charges. He was discovered to have accepted a bribe in the form of a Rp11.4