Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan:
Why would I create such a company?
In a small visitors room across the swimming pool at his home in South Jakarta, Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan welcomed the Tempo investigative team last week. He claims not to know Mayfair International Ltd., a shell company in the tax-haven Republic of Seychelles off the shore of East Africa, although his name is listed as its only director.
During the 50-minute interview, Luhut, 68, was accompanied by a number of his staff and senior management of his companies, including the finance director of Toba Sejahtra, Catherine Warouw, and the CEO of Kartanegara Energi Perkasa, Bambang Irawan.
April 26, 2016
In a small visitors room across the swimming pool at his home in South Jakarta, Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan welcomed the Tempo investigative team last week. He claims not to know Mayfair International Ltd., a shell company in the tax-haven Republic of Seychelles off the shore of East Africa, although his name is listed as its only director.
During the 50-minute interview, Luhut, 68, was accompan
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