Comments: 'Editorial: The Misbakhun story'

March 3, p. 6

“The investigation into the case (Bank Century bailout) has uncovered many violations. Ignoring the key issue will be useless. This case is like an elephant in a room that no one can ignore,” Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) legislator Muhammad Misbakhun said last month, as quoted by this newspaper.
Ironically, Misbakhun, one of the nine legislators who called for a House of Representatives’ inquiry committee to probe the bailout, clearly did not see — or pretended not to see — the giant animal that was right in front of him. Misbakhun was right to equate the bank’s Rp 6.76 trillion (US$716 million) bailout to a pachyderm, given that it involved a huge sum of money and lots of high-ranking officials.

Your comments:
I don’t know who the owners of The Jakarta Post are, but I am wondering why this newspaper does not follow the rest of the media by blindly supporting Golkar in Century case and how it dares to try to stay unbiased?
Killean
Jakarta

I don’t particularly need to know who owns The Jakarta Post. However, it would be interesting to read a story on who owns Indonesia’s television stations.
This might help us understand why TV journalists covering the Bank Century special committee have mostly encouraged distortions and innuendo against Boediono and Sri Mulyani, while dismally neglecting the truth, the broader issues involved and the best interests of Indonesia.
John Hargreaves
Jakarta

Let’s see who has more evidence to prove their claims.
I hope the truth will be revealed.
Asep Budiman
Bandung