Anchored to the Tanker
Former Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi was named a suspect in the case involving the sale of two large tankers owned by Pertamina. Prosecutors do not yet know the exact amount of state losses incurred by the sale of the two vessels. Laksamana is adamant that President Megawati, his former boss at the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who appointed him SOEs Minister, approved the tanker sale, a transaction which is said to exhibit signs of corruption, collusion and nepotism.
November 13, 2007
THE drama moved from the headquarters of the Democratic Reform Party (PDP) and headed for the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) building. Laksamana Sukardi was in the front row. This former Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) appeared totally self-confident. Wearing a black jacket and unbuttoned collar, he arrived at the AGO building armed with a folder. Behind Laks, as this 51-year-old is familiarly called, was a group of about 100 member
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