Guess What? Muladi

Old wounds are being opened and Minister of Justice Muladi, former rector of Semarang's Diponegoro University, is in demand to investigate this and that.

On Wednesday, maybe so eager to announce another investigation, he dropped straight into the lap of Attorney General Mohammad Ghalib, who was already seated for a media conference.

"Hey, you're heavy!" Ghalib shouted to the big-built Muladi, a keen judoist. "Oh, sorry," said Muladi, straight-faced as usual.

"Are you afraid of being unseated Pak?" teased reporters.

He was then asked why the investigation into Soeharto's brother-in-law Ibnu Hartomo had not been done earlier. Ibnu allegedly issued fake promissory notes worth billions of dollars way back in 1985.

Muladi replied, "Who had the guts back then?" (prb)