There, on the side table, is a fluffy model of a black bull, purchased by Dr Suryadi in Spain. But this is more than a cute knick-knack - the bull is the symbol of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), of which he is chairman.After a few minutes of Dr Suryadi's gentle charm it is a shock to be reminded of this fact - for all his avuncular twinkliness and green fingers, he does not strike one as leadership material. This a view shared by rather a large number of people in Jakarta these days. As he receives visitors in his office at Jakarta's parliament building, he is geniality incarnate. He talks of his love of gardening ("Mangoes, melons, durians - I am thinking of turning it into a business!"). He pooh-poohs threats he has received over the phone ("My children treat them as a source of amusement.") and points out the photographs and mementoes he has accumulated as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. Here, reverently framed, is Dr Suryadi shaking hands with the Prince and Princess of Wales. We call on the Indonesian government to ensure that these rights are protected in the future, and to guarantee that those arrested and detained in connection with these events are given due process of the law."Officials of the opposition PDI said there might be more trouble tomorrow, when lawyers for Megawati Sukarnoputri, the ousted PDI head, will take her claim to leadership of the party to court..

You would never guess from meeting him that Dr Suryadi is the most hated man in Indonesia. On Monday the Jakarta Stock Exchange suffered its biggest daily drop yet, of 3.6 per cent, and the value of the Indonesian rupiah plunged to a two-year low as offices and government ministries were evacuated in seven separate bomb scares.Yesterday there were a couple of scares and the stock price slipped by a third of a percent, with the rupiah up against the US dollar.Nicholas Burns, the US State Department spokesman, said Washington was "seriously disturbed by the use of violence to end what had been a peaceful assembly The United States ... supports the rights of freedom of peaceful assembly, the freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of the press, respect for the rule of law and democratic processes. Jakarta - The Indonesian military yesterday issued shoot-on-sight orders against rioters here, but denied they intended to introduce a night curfew, writes Richard Lloyd Parry.