Bob Hasan will soon need to write a guidebook to living pleasantly inside an Indonesian prison. Given the increasing trend of corruptors likely to end up in jail, the book is sure to be a sell-out. If the book was published in Singapore, imagine what it would be called: How to Survive an Indonesian Jail Without Really Trying.

As a convicted man, Bob Hasan, once a close confidante of former President Suharto who swam in money and power, is