We present the results of our analysis on $b \to s \gamma$ in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with a general flavor mixing in the squark sector. We identify the next--to--leading order focusing effect, which considerably reduces the gluino contribution to $b \to s \gamma$ relative to the leading order calculation. We illustrate that $BR(B \to X_s \gamma)$ is still very sensitive to the flavor mixing parameters, $\delta^d_{ ll}$ and $\delta^d_{ lr}$ so that the lower bound for $m_{ 1/2}$ obtained in the minimal flavor violation can be easily removed even at $\mu<0$, while it is rather stable against $\delta^d_{ rr}$ and $\delta^d_{ rl}$.
Categories: hep-ph