IT is not easy to be a clean judge with integrity in Indonesia. When the idea came up in January to make a “judges edition” many were skeptical, including those from our own circle. This idea to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Judicial Commission—which fell on 2 August—was of course not an easy task. We had to go looking for needles in haystacks.

Four months ago the editors of Tempo formed a team. Their assi