Tracking the Money Trail
A number of bank-owning tycoons are suspected of having links to bribes paid to some legislators following the selection of the central bank’s senior deputy governor in 2004. The quid pro quo was to be protection and access back to the banking business.
September 2, 2008
Before the Lebaran holidays in 2004, Agus Condro Prayitno went to the Pekalongan branch of Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) in Central Java. This BII branch office was the closest to his residence in Batang. The journey from Batang to Pekalongan takes thirty minutes by car. Agus, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction was going there to cash three travelers checks worth Rp
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