SYAMSIR Siregar seems to have lost his smile. A cigarette is never far from the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chiefs lips. It was as he was pacing back and forth in the lobby of the Swiss Bel Hotel in Banda Aceh on Monday night last week, that he first heard the announcement of the results of the fast count in the elections for Aceh governor.

Two groups announced the results of vote counting: The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) that is working