The victory was pyrrhic because the Indonesian Police started investigating the company for alleged corruption.
The term refers to the victory of King Pyrrhus of Epirus over the Romans at Asculum in 279 b.
O fortune, how long must we dirge to breathe life? The Secretary-General also secured broad support for his recommendations on financing peacekeeping, but, over the course of the year, his major success proved to be a pyrrhic victory.