MALEM Sambat Kaban is often called ustad by a number of colleagues. The thing is, while serving on the Finance & Banking Commission at the House of Representatives (DPR) from 1999-2004, “When he gave his view, it was always accompanied by verses from the Qur’an,” said Golkar member Hengky Baramuli.

Kaban has been Forestry Minister from 2004 until now. In the DPR from 1999-2004, this 50-year-old was the only representative of the Crescent