Striking gold was no trouble for Suharto, his family and cronies. They found their gold mines all over Indonesia. Two of the biggest were state oil firm Pertamina and Indonesia’s lucrative forestry sector. It was there that the Suharto family and their cronies walked off with billions of dollars and trillions of rupiah for years. Hardly anyone even raised an eyebrow.

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