Golkar's Buloggate

Golkar finds itself mired in allegations over Rp90 billion missing from state commodities regulator Bulog, the body involved in the 'Buloggate' scandal which has brought the president to the verge of impeachment.

February 20, 2001

How quickly the tables turn. A few weeks ago Golkar chief Akbar Tandjung was leading the fight to drag President Abdurrahman Wahid to an impeachment trial over the scandal nicknamed 'Buloggate'. Now Indonesia's former ruling party Golkar finds itself in the limelight over the State Logistics Agency – Bulog.

Wahid got his 'memorandum' over the Rp35 billion that went missing last year from a Bulog employees benevolent fund, the first step to full

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