Man: It’s like they use the state as a game... (arm reads Gangster Elite)

The arrest in mid-November of the alleged ringleader of the Mama Minta Pulsa (Mama wants phone credit) phone scam syndicate, which had already spawned a hit single of the same name, quickly prompted the creation of the internet meme Mama Minta Pulsa, Papa Minta Saham (the latter meaning ‘Papa wants shares’) after revelations that House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto requested shares from mining giant Freeport Indonesia, ostensibly on behalf of president and vice president, in exchange for extending Freeport’s mining contract.