THE mountain of debt overshadowing his business group has not knocked Aburizal Bakrie off the list of the wealthiest people in Indonesia this year. Globe Asia magazine ranked the Golkar Party politician at number eight, with total assets amounting to US$2.5 billion, or about Rp32.74 trillion.

Published in June, the report said that Aburizal's wealth was greater than that of Sukanto Tanoto, owner of the Royal Golden Eagle Group, which came in nin