MAYBE now is the time for me to reflect." These wise words came—albeit late—from Hutomo Mandala Putra, bet-ter known as Tommy Suharto. He rejected urgings from his family and lawyers, who had been telling him to appeal the verdict. "There's no need. It's no use," he said as quoted by his lawyer Elza Syarief, "the wind is not in my favor."

Fortune is certainly not on the side of the favorite son of former president Suharto. Two weeks ago,