Bambang Widjojanto
Private versus Public Transport

There's something different about Bambang Widjojanto, former deputy chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Arriving to attend the launching of Tempo's 45-year celebration logo last week, where he was a keynote speaker, Bambang was seen to drive a shiny black sedan automobile. What's unusual about this is that Bambang almost never drove a car but always used public transportation to get around town.

Has he changed his lifestyle now that he's no longer in the limelight as head of the anti-graft organization? No, was his answer, that he still rode the commuter trains going to and from work. "After I get to the office, then I may ride in a car, usually not mine," claimed 56-year old Bambang: Once an activist, always an activist.

January 26, 2016