Banking on the Vote
With the support of PDI-P and Golkar, Miranda Goeltom managed to become Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia. But rumors of massive payoffs stalked her success.
September 16, 2008
A TEXT message went out from the cellphone of a leader in the Finance & Banking Commission of the House of Representatives (DPR). The message was short: "At Hilton 1301 money politics is taking place for DGS BI (Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia-Ed.), to support a certain candidate."
Speaking to a Tempo reporter, four years ago, that source said that the meeting held in a room at Hilton Hotel-now Sultan Hotel-was meant to raise support for a
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