Don't stop with Samadikun

The detention of Samadikun Hartono should spur the authorities in Indonesia to finally uncover all the facts of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) megascandal. Although Indonesia has had five presidential changes, the investigation into the IBRA case has resembled a traditional poco-poco dance: backwards and forwards on the spot.

Samadikun was detained by Chinese immigration officials in Shanghai on April 15. Officers were suspicious because the former chairman of the board of Bank Modern had travelled back and forth to China on a Vietnamese passport under different names. After 13 years on the run, Samadikun was brought back to Jakarta last Thursday to serve a four-year jail sentence.