SURIPTO’S name rarely appears in public but it has now been dragged into the Agriculture Ministry scandal over beef import quotas. A member of the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) consultative council, Suripto is alleged to have had a major role in facilitating Basuki Hariman, owner of two companies, to obtain a big quota on importing beef.

As a former member of the State Intelligence Coordinating Board (Bakin), Suripto usually acts through