Railroaded
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested a former director-general of railways in the procurement of 60 used train cars from Japan. Not wanting to go down alone, the suspect implicated Hatta Rajasa, his former boss.
April 20, 2011
ONE day in October 2005. Soemino Eko Saputro received a call from his boss, Transportation Minister Hatta Rajasa. As he was then the Director-General of Railways, he immediately went to Hatta’s office on the 8th floor of the Karsa Building at the Transportation Ministry headquarters in Central Jakarta.
Five guests were already waiting in Hatta’s office. They were: Achmad Hafisz Tohir, Hartanto Edhie Wibowo, Dicky Tjokrosaputro, Jon Erizal,
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