Guilt by Association
Nothing seemed amiss with the multistory, glass-walled building on Jalan Buncit Raya No. 49 in the Mampang Prapatan area in South Jakarta last week. A receptionist sat in the lobby and two security guards stood out front. "This is the office of Amanah Prima Indonesia company," said Ali, one of the security guards. He said there were no other companies located in the building.
This office was not unfamiliar. Tempo had visited the building eight years ago to investigate the purchase of Zatapi crude oil by Pertamina. At that time, it was the office of oil businessmen Mohamad Riza Chalid, Johnny Gerald Plate, Irawan Prakoso and Schiller Marganda Napitupulu. The four are involved in running the company and being shareholders in Global Energy Resources Pte. Ltd. and Gold Manor International Ltd. Global and Gold Manor allegedly conspired with Pertamina officials, and all this led to the company's loss of about Rp65.5 billion in the Zatapi oil purchase.
April 12, 2016
Nothing seemed amiss with the multistory, glass-walled building on Jalan Buncit Raya No. 49 in the Mampang Prapatan area in South Jakarta last week. A receptionist sat in the lobby and two security guards stood out front. "This is the office of Amanah Prima Indonesia company," said Ali, one of the security guards. He said there were no other companies located in the building.
This office was not unfamiliar. Tempo had visited the building eight years
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