"Corruption in Indonesia has become part of the culture," said the country's first vice president, Bung Hatta. Each new day brings new examples. Corruption is part of our vocabulary, both familiar and pervasive. Corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN) seemed to have been crushed by the waves of reform some years back. But it's back again, stronger and more rampant than ever.

International investors and the media consider corruption in Indonesia a