An Old Chum at City Hall

Three days before Joko Widodo was sworn into office as governor of Jakarta on October 15, 2012, Michael Bimo Putranto visited City Hall. That afternoon he was accompanied by two officials of the Koperasi Angkutan Jakarta (Kopaja), Nanang Basuki and Widodo, and two of their friends, Arif Perdana Kusuma and Yoga Adiwinarta.

Nanang had brought a proposal to City Hall, seeking Jokowi's approval for Kopaja buses to use the Transjakarta bus lane. At th

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