THE state should not weaken against Asian Agri, which has been fined trillions of rupiah for tax evasion. Intervening in the Asian Agri case-with the excuse of protecting the employees of the company whose bank accounts were blocked by the Tax Directorate General-would not be the right thing to do. Showing any leniency at all, for any reason whatsoever, will vindicate the cynical opinion that the state has too long been dictated to by large corpo