Tutut and Akbar

A few years ago Rp75 billion from national insurance firm Jamsostek was used to finance a pet project of Suharto’s eldest daughter. Now the issue has come back to haunt Golkar chief Akbar Tandjung.

February 27, 2001

A minister in her dad’s last cabinet, the idea of Siti "Tutut" Hardijanti Rukmana ever facing prosecution once seemed all but absurd. But as her recent questioning by prosecutors shows, Tutut is no longer sitting pretty. And one case linked to her threatens to drag the name of another Suharto minister through the mud—Akbar Tandjung, speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) and chairman of the Golkar party. It is one of ...

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